Showing posts with label Jim Carrey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Carrey. Show all posts

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog
Sega Sammy Group etc.
February 14, 2020
Fantasy, Comedy, Action
DVD
B-


I was pleasantly surprised by this funny, good-natured movie with lovely scenery.  I didn't even mind Carrey as a villain.  Jeff Fowler directed.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Mask (1994)

Mask (1994)
New Line
July 29, 1994
Crime Comedy?
DVD
C-

I saw this in the theater and it was one of the movies that made me wary of Carrey, although I stayed to the end then.  This time, the most interesting part of the first quarter hour is of course the introduction of 21-year-old Cameron Diaz.  Chuck Russell directed.

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon
Universal etc.
December 22, 1999
Historical Drama, Historical Comedy
DVD
C-

I knew this movie wasn't for me, despite my soft spot for Latka on Taxi and even some of Kaufman's SNL appearances, when my favorite parts of the first quarter hour were Andy as a child and the "bad" Siamese twin joke.  Oh, and the stunt-casting of Danny DeVito.  Milos Forman directed.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

The Majestic

The Majestic
Warner Bros.
December 21, 2001
Historical Drama
DVD
B-

This movie is long and more complicated than it seems capable of resolving, but I generally enjoyed it, including the contrast between Lawson and the more hostile world outside.  The cameo voicework by various directors adds some humor.  Also, I always prefer the more serious, less manic Jim Carrey, as in The Truman Show (which had a different relationship to the safe little world and the big scary world of course).  Frank Darabont directed a couple years after The Green Mile, which was much less my kind of movie.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Liar Liar

Liar Liar
Universal
March 21, 1997
Comedy
DVD
D+

A Jim Carrey comedy, so yeah.  Tom Shadyac directed.

Friday, September 10, 2021

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Paramount etc.
December 17, 2004
Comedy?
DVD
C

I watched the whole movie in the theater and I do recall listening to the Snicket commentary before, but this time, sigh.  I'm sorry, I just can't get past Jim Carrey being annoying, and not in a way that enhances the movie.  This is based, loosely, on the first three books in the Daniel Handler series (which I've read more than once), and directed by Brad Silberling.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

The Cable Guy

The Cable Guy
Sony Pictures Releasing
June 14, 1996
Comedy
DVD
D+

I tried to watch this once before, but it definitely falls into the "annoying" category of Jim Carrey movies.  (The Truman Show would not.)  Ben Stiller directed.

Friday, May 8, 2020

Dark Crimes

Dark Crimes (2016) - IMDb
Dark Crimes
Saban Films
May 18, 2018
Crime Drama
DVD
D-

Carrey as an investigator of "dark" crimes in Poland.  Alexandros Avranas directed.

Friday, February 7, 2020

The Cable Guy

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Columbia
June 14, 1996
Comedy
DVD
C-

I have a low tolerance for Jim Carrey, The Truman Show aside, but I didn't hate this (well, the first quarter hour), and it's certainly a time capsule, with "the information highway" of cable when the Internet was still in its infancy as a major cultural force.  Ben Stiller directed and appears as the Sweet twins.