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.
11 December 1946, Texas, USA
25 April 1930, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
14 April 1965, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
15 March 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 May 1961, Moberly, Missouri, USA
1 July 1934, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
27 July 1968, Rotorua, New Zealand
25 April 1947, Buffalo, New York, USA
7 November 1945, New York City, New York, USA
17 February 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
5 November 1955, Oceanside, California, USA
26 October 1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
9 November 1940, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 April 1994, Victorville, California, USA
8 October 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4 February 1980, Georgia, USA
25 January 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 November 1934, New York City, New York, USA
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 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 21, 2001
It can't fake sincerity. It tries ever so hard, but it doesn't have a single believable second.
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.
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.
April 29, 2009
Carrey is excellent in the lead role supplying both vulnerability and wit...
October 30, 2004
Don't even look for Clarence the Angel in this slow paced, but effective story.
December 28, 2010
This corny movie may not appeal to kids.
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.
January 07, 2004
... The kind of uplifting movie that I think many would enjoy around the holidays ...
December 25, 2001
Marks a steep downturn in Jim Carrey's career.
December 21, 2001
Well-intentioned, but nearly every scene feels dragged out.
