The Majestic
Peter Appleton, a script writer during the Hollywood Goden Age, 1951 in particular, is accused of being a Communist. His career is in ruin, he then gets into a freak car accident and suffers amnesia. He is in Lawson after saved his life by Stan Keller. Meanwhile, two federal agents find him to call him to testify before a Senate hearing committee.
15 March 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 August 1925, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
14 February 1950, Evanston, Illinois, USA
7 July 1939, Portland, Oregon, USA
20 March 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
January 07, 2004
... The kind of uplifting movie that I think many would enjoy around the holidays ...
December 21, 2001
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.
January 03, 2002
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.
April 15, 2013
Darabont is seeking to recapture the spirit of Frank Capra - with Carrey in the role of a James Stewart or Gary Cooper. Yet even though Darabont shares Capra's dewy-eyed optimism, his film's sluggish pace means he lacks Capra's screwball zest.
December 21, 2001
Darabont and screenwriter Michael Sloane's misty-eyed tribute may be pleasant in places, but it's too manufactured and deliberate to be persuasive.
December 28, 2010
This corny movie may not appeal to kids.
December 21, 2001
Well-intentioned, but nearly every scene feels dragged out.
April 29, 2009
Carrey is excellent in the lead role supplying both vulnerability and wit...
December 21, 2001
It can't fake sincerity. It tries ever so hard, but it doesn't have a single believable second.
October 30, 2004
Don't even look for Clarence the Angel in this slow paced, but effective story.
March 04, 2015
The first part of the movie will strike some viewers as inspiring and others as manipulative; at any rate, it's clearly the better half, since the final act is patently false and a queer whitewash of a tragic chapter in US history.
December 25, 2001
Marks a steep downturn in Jim Carrey's career.
