Me, Myself & Irene (2000) on Netflix
Rhode Island trooper Charlie Baileygates lives with a second personality, Hank, rude and violent. Assigned to escort Irene Waters to Massena, he loses the medication keeping Hank suppressed.
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Plot summary
Charlie Baileygates is a meek Rhode Island state trooper whom the people around him take advantage of. After his wife Layla leaves him for the wedding limousine driver Shonté, Charlie raises her three sons, Jamaal, Lee Harvey and Shonté Jr., on his own. Years of such treatment produce a second personality, Hank Evans, who surfaces under stress and voices the anger Charlie holds in. Medication holds Hank back until Charlie's commanding officer sends him to escort Irene Waters to Massena, New York, where she faces a hit-and-run charge. Irene says her mob-connected ex-boyfriend Dickie invented the accusation to stop her from telling the authorities about his dealings, and officers on his payroll are after her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
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- During a breastfeeding gag, Jim Carrey accidentally breast-fed actress Whirry's actual breast because he assumed she was wearing a prosthetic, and he was mortified afterward when he learned it had been real.
- The film opened in 3,019 theaters, making it the widest theatrical release of Jim Carrey's career up to that point, surpassing even his earlier hit Liar Liar.
- On June 9, 2000, the National Alliance on Mental Illness sent a letter to 20th Century Fox, arguing that the film contains an inaccurate portrayal of dissociative identity disorder.
- Me, Myself & Irene beat out the film Life at the box office to set the record for the highest opening weekend ever for a non-sequel R-rated comedy.
- In a 2020 interview, Jim Carrey named Me, Myself & Irene as one of his five personal favorite films he has worked on, putting it alongside The Cable Guy, Ace Ventura, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Truman Show.
