Centering on an upwardly mobile couple who resort to robbery to maintain their way of life, this comedy remake boasts an all-too-timely premise. [...] while the 1977 "Fun With Dick and Jane" was a reasonably diverting sendup of conspicuous consumption with a subversive if not always razor-sharp comic edge, the new version, with Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni stepping into roles originated by George Segal and Jane Fonda, replaces smart performances with tired shtick. The film, directed by Dean Parisot ("Galaxy Quest") from a script by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller, makes some clever updates, setting the story in 2000 -- "a long, long time ago" in that pre-war-on-terrorism bubble of supposed innocence.

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