Fresh
Carrey gets the best role of his own career -- and plays it with tenderness, valor, bravery and deeply moving conviction. I find him positively captivating.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
The Majestic
Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.
2001 · 2h 32m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Frank Darabont
Overview
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director and cast
- Frank Darabont Director
- Jim Carrey as Peter Appleton
- Martin Landau as Harry Trimble
- Laurie Holden as Adele Stanton
- David Ogden Stiers as Doc Stanton
- Hal Holbrook as Congressman Doyle
- Bob Balaban as Elvin Glyde
- Ron Rifkin as Kevin Bannerman
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Mayor Ernie Cole
- Brent Briscoe as Sheriff Cecil Coleman
- Gerry Black as Emmett Smith
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Marks a steep downturn in Jim Carrey's career.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Rotten
Darabont and screenwriter Michael Sloane's misty-eyed tribute may be pleasant in places, but it's too manufactured and deliberate to be persuasive.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
It can't fake sincerity. It tries ever so hard, but it doesn't have a single believable second.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
Mr. Carrey may go to both Washington and a version of Bedford Falls in The Majestic, but he is neither the Jefferson Smith nor George Bailey of Stewart's best-loved films.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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