A less-rubbery Jim Carrey pulls off a good come from behind film with some delightful help of Téa Leoni. Think more Liar Liar or The Truman Show and not at all Dumb and Dumber.

Hard working and good-guy Dick Harper (Carrey) is promoted to VP of Communications for a giant conglomerate on the same day that they go belly up. He learns this while on the cable news. Life turns for the worst as they quickly discover their pension is gone, their savings were in stock and options of the now defunct company, and the values of the houses in their neighborhood have tanked. Add to this the impossibility of finding a job after acting as the company's talking head (for fifteen minutes, but it's a movie), and the turn to a life of crime seems plausible.

The Harpers' spirits hold through a lot of bad, as their lawn is repossessed, their furnishings are sold off to make bills, and they eventually sit facing eviction and foreclosure. They make a bit of a comeback with petty robberies, and end up stealing the cash of the bad guy (played well by Alec Baldwin) and returning it to the pension plan, thus providing for the people of the company.

A well-timed bit in light of the recent corporate failures, many of which were noted in the end credits, which gave us a little hoot, too.