Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 American comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, and Mongo Brownlee co-star. The film is about a Rhode Island state trooper named Charlie who, after years of continuously suppressing his rage and feelings, suffers a psychotic breakdown which results in a second personality, Hank. Charlie Baileygates is an 18-year veteran Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by people throughout most... of his life. Immediately after his marriage, his wife, Layla , cheats on him with a dwarf African-American limousine driver, named Shonté , who, like Layla, is a member of the high IQ group Mensa. Although Charlie's friends try informing him of his wife's infidelity, he still denies the possibility. One year later, Layla abandons Charlie and runs off with Shonté; leaving Charlie to raise three biracial sons who are the products of Layla's adulterous affair with the limo driver. Charlie never sees his wife again.
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| Release date: | June 23, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bradley Thomas, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Charles B. Wessler |
| Editor: | Christopher Greenbury |
| Music by: | Pete Yorn, Lee Scott |
| Cinematography: | Mark Irwin |
| Screenplay by: | Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone, Bobby Farrelly |
| Estimated budget: | $51,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |