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| ACTORS: | Jim Carrey, Martin Landau |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Frank Darabont |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 21 December, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 085392211920 |
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Customer Reviews of The Majestic
decent, but not very memorable The Majestic is a sweet little movie. It was released and seemed to have disappeared just as quickly. Directed by Frank Darabont ( The Shawshank Redemption ) and starring Jim Carrey, the movie had very high expectations and it did not quite meet those expectations. The movie was dismissed as not much more than sentimental pap with just about as much depth.
Those claims have merit, but they are a bit cynical. Not all movies should be expected to be stoic and serious and have great intellectual depth. The Majestic is not supposed to be that. It is the story of a screenwriter who is in a car accident and awakens on a strange beach without any memory of who he was. The townsfolk who discover him believe Carrey to be Luke, a man who was presumed dead in World War II (the film is set in the early 1950's, around the time of the House Un-American Activities Committee). Peter (Carrey) begins to believe that he is, in fact, Luke and tries to rebuild his life in the town, along with rebuilding Luke's father's movie theater, the Majestic. There is not much conflict since the audience knows that Peter is not really Luke and we know that it is only a matter of time until Peter, and the town, find this out.
This is a nice movie that shows the development of Peter's character as he learns who he really is and who he wants to be, and is a nice change of pace from the sex and vulgarity that is so much a part of Hollywood movies today. The Majestic may not be an important movie, but it is a pretty good one.
Another Excellent Film directed by Frank Darabont
Mr. Darabont gave us the shawshank redemption and the green mile, both best picture nominations. Here is another certain best picture nod in The Majestic.
Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey, in an oscar worthy performance) is a script writer during the 1950's who is suspected to be a Communist among many Hollywood film people (which is not true; ie, guilty by suspicioun). Along the way, he gets into a freak car accident and suffers amnesia, then ends up in a small California town. There he lives in a run down movie theatre where he learns the magic of experiencing a movie in it. Soon, the Communist hunters find him and call him to testify before a Senate hearing committee.
I believe this film is great. Terrific performances, from start to finish, and a great ending. It's a must-see for anybody who has any interest in the film.
Nice thought, but no originality
Didn't anyone notice how derivative this movie is? The whole plot screams of Marin Guerre. And the scene in front of the HUAC was lifted straight from The Front (Woody Allen was a little more colorful). They even had the guy who went to a communist party meeting strictly to score with a girl. (It was Zero Mostel in the original movie.)
As for the ending... c'mon everybody sing! "Now the whole damn bus is cheering, and I can't believe I see... a hundred yellow ribbons round the old... oak... tree!"