- Actors: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook
- Directors: Frank Darabont
- Writers: Michael Sloane
- Producers: Frank Darabont, Anna Garduno, Claudia Cummings, Jim Behnke, Linda Fields
- Language English
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Warner
- VHS Release Date: 30 Sep 2002
- Run Time: 152 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006G9WG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,270 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Like Frank Darabont's other movies, The Majestic attempts, and sometimes achieves, the sheer decency of classic American movies. A cross between The Music Man and The Return of Martin Guerre, it is the film about McCarthyism that Frank Capra might have made if he had not drifted to the populist Right. An amnesiac screen-writer (Jim Carrey) is mistaken for a missing war-hero and becomes the force that reinvigorates a town distraught over its dead young men. The film is so caught up in a pastel-coloured elegiac celebration of small-town life that it at times loses pace altogether and not even Jim Carrey can quite pull it back up to its natural speed. On the other hand, his underplaying of the climactic confrontation with the House Un-American Affairs Committee--his career is at risk because he once followed a girlfriend to a political meeting--is admirable; we believe in his conversion from cynicism to heroism because he is even quieter than Jimmy Stewart in Mister Smith Goes to Washington mode. Martin Landau is a little too lovable as the grieving father who persuades Carrey of his identity, Laurie Holden not quite convincing as the woman for whom he falls.
On the DVD: The Majestic on disc is presented in 1.85:1 visual aspect ratio with crisp, clear visuals that sometimes make us gasp at the complex realism of the period details and has an attractive Dolby 5.1 stereo acoustic. Extras include some deleted scenes, the trailer and an extended sequence from Sand Pirates of the Sahara, the witty B-movie pastiche that crops up at a couple of important moments in the plot. --Roz Kaveney
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Fan of Shawshank?
Loved the Green Mile?
Well this next darabont movie shows he has a style and genre all of his own in this truly heart warming story of a writer who has an accident, and is then adopted by the people of the town where he ends up.
This movie proves Jim Carrey CAN act as we all know him for his humerous roles. And if you want to watch an innocent, good family film like all of Frank Darabonts other movies than this is one of those films which will leave a tear in your eye and smile on your face, wonderfully filmed acted and has a beautiful soundtrack. Buy this movie, you'll watch it again and again.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After seeing this film on DVD I am sorry I did not make the time to see it in the theatre. Frank Darabont has created a wonderful and nostalgic film with echos of Frank Capra everywhere. The lush cinematography with it's colorful hues help create and enhance a very special movie that will leave you wodering why films like this don't get made anymore.
Jim Carrey completely loses himself in a quiet and underplayed role which could easily have garnered him an Oscar if anyone had been watching. This is an old style film and Carrey gives an old style performance as Peter Appleton. After an horrific car accident, he loses his memory and is mistaken, and embraced, by an entire town as Luke. Luke is a long missing and beloved son of both the town and Martin Landau, who gives a wonderful performance as always.
Jim Carrey completely loses himself in a quiet and underplayed role which could easily have garnered him an Oscar if anyone had been watching. This is an old style film and Carrey gives an old style performance as Peter Appleton. After an horrific car accident, he loses his memory and is mistaken, and embraced, by an entire town as Luke. Luke is a long missing and beloved son of both the town and Martin Landau, who gives a wonderful performance as always.
Adele Stanton is amazing as Laurie Holden, Luke's girlfriend and touchstone for all that is good about smalltown America in the 50's. James Whitmore and David Ogden Stiers are just two of the many faces you will recognize in this magnificent film. The entire town comes together to help restore it's once great movie theatre, "The Majestic", where magic use to be seen.
Like any Capra film, Darabont's movie takes it's time to unfold. The basic story is surrounded by small insights into ourselves and how we live. Does what people expect of us make us better? If we become better than who we were, where do we belong then? Peter will have to answer these questions when he remembers who he is. He has come to love Laurie and his 'father' Landau, and may no longer be Peter, at least not the old Peter.
The town who feels betrayed by their favorite son is not the only problem Peter/Luke must deal with. The communist witch hunts of the fifties are in full force and he must go back and face the committee. But who he is now may change how he answers the questions. Once he figures out where he belongs, he must find out if he can live the life he chooses.
This long and beautiful film is truly special. The last ten minutes of this old style masterpiece reminds us of all that is good about the movies. If you are lucky enough to be seeing this for the first time, I envy you. If you didn't give this film a chance the first time around, give it another try.
"There Magic is Right Here, The Trick is to See It"--Martin Landau
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I caught this film by accident and i have to say it is a true suprise. Jim Carrey shocks with a truly great performance in a role that is serious and very unlike most of his other roles.
The film is set in the 1950's where Carrey plays a man accused of abeing a communist - he suffers a car accident and loses his memory. He ends up in a town called Lawson, who lost a lot of men in the war. Carrey is mistaken for Luke Trimble, the son of a local man who owns the towns cinema - the majestic.
the relationship between carrey and harry trimble is played to perfection, and the film culminates with some of the best scenes i have ever seen. a suprisingly strong feel good movie.
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The Majestic [DVD] [2001]
We enjoyed this, a Jim Carey film that was chosen by a local cinema closing down as a last film ever seen there. Read more
We enjoyed this, a Jim Carey film that was chosen by a local cinema closing down as a last film ever seen there. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Glyn
Breathtaking...SIMPLY BRILLIANT!!!
When i bought the film i noticed it was very long (152 mins) so i hopped it would be Very Good and oh yes it was!!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by T.Unwin
Feel good movie at its best
There was a time when Jim Carrey would annoy me, but he has proven me so wrong. Watching Man on the moon was a revelation, and The Majestic is another movie where you can really... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Charles
Jim Carrey - wish he were like this more or the time!
I am not sure I really ever enjoyed a JC film as much as this one - he is superb, boardering on brilliant - I wish he could find more parts like this to be able to hone his... Read more
Published 22 months ago by I Like a good read!
Majestically brilliant!
This is a truly wonderful and heart-warming film! Set in the 1950s, it has a level of drama, historical significance, joy, and sadness that's truly touching. Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by Sara Lorne
The Majestic truely lives up to it;'s name sheer class
Peter Appleton is a Hollywood screenwriter at the time of the "reds under the bed" period when America came down heavily on Communisim within it's boundaries.... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2008 by M. C. Crawley
Worth watching, but does not even touch previous ventures
Maybe we've been spoilt with the superb Shawshank redemption and The Green mile, this film tries to be emotional and powerful, but for me falls short of the mark, it's a good... Read more
Published on 8 May 2008 by Dazman
poor enough
The majestic is a film that takes a long time to get where it wishes to go,its a overlong film dealing with mistaken identity and getting a second chance in life,the actual plot... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2008 by sean paul mccann
The Majestic
Firstly, let me say that I normally can't stand Jim Carrey. I just don't think he is funny!
However, in "The Majestic" he really shows that he can carry a straight acting part... Read more
However, in "The Majestic" he really shows that he can carry a straight acting part... Read more
Published on 6 July 2007 by ray dorrity
Interesting.
I'll admit it, I watched this film purely for Jim Carrey. And I doubt I'd have bothered if he wasn't in it. Read more
Published on 4 April 2005
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