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The Majestic Reviews

2001

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Jim Carrey plays an amnesia victim who, mistaken as a missing, favourite-son war hero by a tiny California town, restores and reopens the local abandoned movie palace discovering love and rebuilding his own life along the way. The film is an homage to old-fashioned values and proud-to-be-an-American patriotism, studded with .. Read more

Starring	Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook
Director	Frank Darabont
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- Cliché-ridden drama of the triumph of small-town values that is in stark contrast to the realities of Hollywood's blacklisting.
- 31870
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 9
  OLD FASHION FILM
  
  Jim Carrey at his best. No funny faces but I really like this Jim Carrey. MORE PLEASE!!
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Sparkie
  - Bristol, UK
  - 10 Feb 2005 at 18:25
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  - 0
  Oh the cheese of Hollywood! - but it works
  
  Ladened with mozarella but really enjoyable - great acting, a little on the 'fantasy' side of things, but ends up with an important message we should ... read more »
  
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- 1063604
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Jesty
  - 21 reviews
  - 16 Nov 2011 at 23:43
- - 0
  - 0
  A Long and Easy Watch
  
  Jim Carrey tries very hard to be a serious actor in this overlong and sentimental piece which reminds one very much of the films that Frank Capra and Jimmy ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 13 Oct 2011 at 11:30
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  - 0
  Majestic message of truth, rights and justice.
  
  A film that says more than you may think. Look beyond the cheese and there is a very strong odour of truth and justice and how we should cherish our freedoms ... read more »
  
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- - Onlylexus
  - 119 reviews
  - Chesterfield
  - 25 Aug 2011 at 07:12
- - 0
  - 0
  A Pure and Simple Feel Good Movie.
  
  I was very ready to dislike this after seeing some reviews but it was a lovely film. It is a pure, innocent and beautiful film with convincing acting from Jim ... read more »
  
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- 1032750
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - scififoreveryone
  - 8 reviews
  - Worthing
  - 23 Aug 2011 at 18:33
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  - 0
  not bad in all
  
  OK harmless enough except for the witch hunts, which show America for what it actually is,
  
  nice afternoon wasting flick though
  
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- 1030845
- - Colonel1968
  - 93 reviews
  - 18 Aug 2011 at 16:14
- - 1
  - 0
  Carrey wasted in cloying yawn-fest
  
  I wanted to like this film, even enjoy it, but the D.O.A., lingering camera work and constantly signposted plot made it into a big yawn-fest.
  
  It ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 03 Aug 2011 at 00:22
- - 0
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  Jim Carrey as you don't normally see him
  
  You normally only see the funny side of Jim Carrey, but this movie shows just how much talent he really has.
  
  If you haven't seen this movie yet ... read more »
  
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- - Devilinko
  - 5 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 31 Jul 2011 at 15:35
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  - 0
  Highly recommended!
  
  If your looking for a film involving facial athletics from Jim Carrey, don't rent this one. Yet more proof that he really CAN act, despite what the masses ... read more »
  
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- 1004111
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - justsooz
  - 12 reviews
  - 12 Jun 2011 at 23:22
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  - 1
  Magically Majestic
  
  You always associate Jim Carrey with the big box office hits like The Mask, The Grinch or Liar Liar, where his face-pulling, physical antics liven up the comedy... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 03 Jan 2011 at 17:53
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  The Majestic
  
  One of Jims best of the best.Theres a few mre I really hope he dones as playing the movies we mind him look great acting from him and the newist movie i seen in... read more »
  
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- - Declan6107
  - 138 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 19 Dec 2010 at 08:21
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- - 28
  - 9
  OLD FASHION FILM
  
  Jim Carrey at his best. No funny faces but I really like this Jim Carrey. MORE PLEASE!!
  
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- 71471
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  - Sparkie
  - Bristol, UK
  - 10 Feb 2005 at 18:25
- - 15
  - 5
  Exceptional
  
  Quite why The Majestic under performned at the box office and has avoided the viewing public for so long can only lay at the door of the film company.
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  - Lunar
  - 113 reviews
  - Derby
  - 26 Aug 2004 at 12:28
- - 13
  - 1
  Memorable
  
  I watched this film having not a clue what it was going to be about other than the fact that Jim Carrey was in it. I didn’t even know whether it was a ... read more »
  
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- - parkender
  - FLINTSHIRE
  - 06 Feb 2004 at 08:49
- - 8
  - 1
  i rarely rate a film ...
  
  i rarely rate a film with 5 stars, this is the one. i love the story itself. i saw a film that gives credits to the sort of relationships between people that i ... read more »
  
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- - M#4
  - NORTHWOOD
  - 30 Jan 2004 at 15:28
- - 7
  - 3
  What a Surprise
  
  I was a bit dubious when I rented this DVD, because I've become disenchanted recently with Jim Carey. However, I was really surprised. Not only can he do ... read more »
  
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- - Vanessa
  - Blackburn
  - 24 Jun 2004 at 16:15
- - 7
  - 4
  oh dear....
  
  This film starts with the possibility that Carrey will actually keep his teeth in rather than gurn his way through it like he has on so many other films.
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- - stu
  - Manchester
  - 30 Mar 2005 at 20:33
- - 6
  - 4
  Disappointing
  
  Jim Carrey is an excellent actor especially when playing straight roles. This plot seemed so promising with an engaging cover yet this film has absolutely ... read more »
  
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- 308801
- - remotes
  - Leicestershire
  - 03 Sep 2004 at 21:30
- - 3
  - 0
  So, Jim Carrey can act...
  
  So, Jim Carrey can act!! This is a well put together, if a little twee film that pulls out all the stops to become a feel good movie. In this respect it ... read more »
  
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- - Ditch#1
  - EALING
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 15:00
- - 3
  - 0
  I am no fan pf Jim'...
  
  I am no fan pf Jim's but loved this film and am now looking at him in a new light
  
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- - boos#1
  - HUNGERFORD
  - 23 Mar 2004 at 08:44
- - 3
  - 0
  Sickly sweet schmaltz
  
  Have to agree with stu from Manchester - this is one of the most saccharin sweet films ever. In parts, it's so corny we actually thought it was a spoof. ... read more »
  
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- 144371
- - a customer
  - Colchester
  - 25 Aug 2005 at 23:07

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- The Majestic
  
  Jim Carrey plays an amnesia victim who, mistaken as a missing, favourite-son war hero by a tiny California town, restores and reopens the local abandoned movie palace discovering love and rebuilding his own life along the way.
  
  The film is an homage to old-fashioned values and proud-to-be-...