The Majestic
2001
**½
Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, David Ogden Stiers
During the McCarthy era a tainted screenwriter has a car accident outside L.A., loses his memory and is mistaken for a returning war hero. Following in Frank Capra's footsteps this amiable but fatally overlong feelgood film paints an idealised picture of small town America and its values. A few memorable scenes, but the congressional hearing, which is meant as an emotional climax, falls flat. Jim Carrey, who was so terrific in his more serious roles in The Truman Show and Man on the Moon, is bland here.
