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Two of my favorite types of movies are comedies, and cop movies. When you combine the two together, for me it is usually a great movie unless the plot is absolutely horrible. For some reason or another, movies that cross the two genres (if you can even call cop movies a genre) are pretty common.

One of my favorite movies that cross these two genres in the 2000 movie, Me, Myself and Irene, which stars Jim Carrey as Officer Charlie Bailey gates an officer of the world's finest police department, the Rhode Island State Police. The film also stars Renee Zellweger as Irene P. Waters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a lot of trouble.

The movie starts off many years ago with Charlie and his 'soul mate'. They get married, and after a brief fight with an African American little person limo driver named Shonte, the movie moves to the emergency room, where several months later, Charlie's wife is giving birth. This is when the movie gets hilarious because, well Charlie's wife Layla gives birth to triplets, who were obviously fathered by the limo driver.

Eventually, Layla leaves Charlie for Shonte, and leaves Charlie with the three kids; Jamal, Lee Harvey, and Shonte Jr. Charlie loves his children so much, that he can't see the truth that the kids are not even his own kids, which is quite
funny considering the whole town is laughing at him (He even goes to confession in a scene and says that he thinks the whole town is laughing at him, which he is replied to with "Charlie, is that you?".

Charlie refuses to let himself take care of any of his problems, and as a result he is taken advantage of by nearly everyone in the small Rhode Island town. Eventually though, Charlie snaps and soon enough he is diagnosed as having advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage, with a split personality named Hank Evans. Doctors give him a prescription, and as long as he takes it (which causes severe cotton mouth) he will be able to control his advanced delusionary schizophrenia with involuntary narcissistic rage.

Charlie soon gets assigned to escort Irene P. Waters back to the state of New York, after she is arrested in Rhode Island for a supposed hit and run in New York. Charlie with his pills, takes Irene on his police motorcycle and begin their journey to New York. Charlie delivers Irene to the police station in New York, he goes to a hotel. Irene is interrogated, and almost killed before she goes and finds Charlie at his hotel. Irene goes to explain on how she was almost killed, and they leave the hotel, but at the same time, Charlie also leaves his medication at the hotel.

Soon the audience is introduced again to Charlie's other personality, Hank Evans, who is the complete opposite of Charlie. While Charlie is nice guy, Hank is a mean spirited man who doesn't take crap from anyone (and its Charlie who usually pays the price). Hank tries to get fresh with Irene, and soon the subplot of the romantic interest between Charlie / Hank / Irene starts to unfold.

From this point on, the movie's main plot is having Charlie / Hank try and get Irene away from getting killed by one of ex-employers named Dicky who is working with a detective of some sorts named Lieutenant Gerke. From this point on, the plot of the movie gets a little confusing. I have watched this movie several times, and I still don't completely understand what exactly is going on. Maybe it's because I just keep laughing at all of the jokes. The movie continues with several comedic events and the introduction of several minor characters, including a man named Whitey (played by Michael Bowman) who plays a crucial part near the end of the movie.


To me, this movie represents some of Jim Carey's best work. He's a comedian, and the role of a split personality police officer just screams his name. He pulls off the transitions between the two characters (Charlie and Hank) so well, while delivering so many funny lines throughout the entire movie. Carey's characters also flow very well with Renee Zellweger's Irene character making perfect onscreen chemistry.

If you are a fan of movies like Super Troopers, of actor Jim Carrey, or simply want to see a low level comedy that is pretty funny, then check this movie out. It's definitely one of my favorite comedies, and my favorite Jim Carrey movie.