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Farrelly brothers

Sibling filmmakers

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Sibling filmmakers

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Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, collectively referred to as the Farrelly brothers, are American screenwriters and directors. They have made eleven films together, largely comedies, including Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal and There's Something About Mary.

Peter Farrelly directed the 2018 film Green Book which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards, held in 2019.

Early life

The brothers were raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and are of Irish descent. Following college, they pursued careers as television writers, notably for Seinfeld.

Themes

Each of the brothers' first four films (Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There's Something About Mary, and Me, Myself & Irene) has a plot centering on a road trip. These trips all originate in Rhode Island, except for Kingpin, which begins in Pennsylvania. Their films make frequent use of slapstick and toilet humor and are often populated with blunt, profane working-class characters in small roles. Many of their films contain flashback scenes that show how a character was affected by a traumatic event. The brothers are also noted for their soundtracks, which typically feature distinctive selections of classic and contemporary power pop and folk rock songs.

Sports are a common feature of their films, and they have often cast sports stars (particularly from New England teams) for bit parts and cameo appearances, including Cam Neely, Johnny Damon, Roger Clemens, Brett Favre, Anna Kournikova, and Tom Brady.

The brothers have been praised and critiqued for the way they use the subject of disability in their films. Peter Farrelly has commented: Peter Farrelly has published books, including Outside Providence and The Comedy Writer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Producers	Note(s)
1994	Dumb and Dumber		Bobby Farrelly uncredited as director
1996	Kingpin
1998	There's Something About Mary
1999	Outside Providence		Based on Peter Farrelly's 1988 novel of the same name.
2000	Me, Myself & Irene
2001	Say It Isn't So
Osmosis Jones		Directors of live-action sequences only
Shallow Hal
2003	Stuck on You
2005	Fever Pitch
The Ringer
2007	The Heartbreak Kid
2011	Hall Pass
2012	The Three Stooges
2013	Movie 43		Winner of the Razzie Award for Worst Picture
Segments "The Pitch," "The Catch," and "Truth or Dare" director.
2014	Dumb and Dumber To
2018	Green Book		Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
2022	The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2023	Champions
2024	Ricky Stanicky
Dear Santa

Television

Year	Title	Note(s)
1992	Seinfeld	1 episode: "The Virgin," Co-writers
2002	Ozzy & Drix	Executive Producers, animated series
2008	Unhitched	1 episode: "Pilot," Director, producers
2016	Trailer Park Boys	6 episodes, Director
2017	Loudermilk	3 Seasons, Creator, directors, producers
2021	The Now

References

"The Farrelly Brothers Biography & Movies".
Romano, Nick. (January 28, 2015). "Are The Farrelly Brothers Breaking Up?". [[CinemaBlend]].
Holden, Stephen. (December 16, 1994). "FILM REVIEW; Traveling on Half a Tank". [[The New York Times]].
Scott, A. O.. (November 9, 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Inner Beauty Counts, And She's a Perfect 10". The New York Times.
Maslin, Janet. (July 15, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; A Three-Alarm Pursuit of an Old Flame". The New York Times.
Buchanan, Kyle. (February 26, 2019). "The Oscars Work Through an Identity Crisis — for Now". The New York Times.
"Ability Magazine: Farrelly Brothers".
Anderson, John. (1999). "OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE Michael Corrente, USA, 1999". Film Comment.
(April 20, 1998). "The Comedy Writer by Peter Farrelly".

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