Jeff Daniels revealed that he owns a scrapbook that features newpspaper clippings from 200 newspapers "panning [Dumb and Dumber] and wishing it never existed" after his 1994 comedy with Jim Carrey released. Despite the initial critical backlash, the movie is considered a comedy classic.
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