The Majestic [2002] | ![The Majestic [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AZT2H6EQL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Demunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 12092
Format: Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 146 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900221191
ASIN: B00006G9WI
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2001
Release Date: September 30, 2002
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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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 The Majestic truely lives up to it;'s name sheer class June 9, 2008
M. C. Crawley (Northern Ireland)
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....As Peter (played by a straight Jim Carey brilliantly) is getting the finger pointed at him he goes out in the car on a rainy stormy night only to crash with a subsequent loss of memory and a new life in a different town with a mistaken identity...There Peter falls in love and re-incarnates an old cinema hall aptly named The Majestic and so the story is poised for a great encounter.....I have never seen Jim Carey play such a fantastic straight role as we all associate him as the goof-ball comedian up to ludicrous tricks and mischief, here he truely shines....From Frank Darabont's Direction (The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile) this is the third film in this masterful trio that captures the period with a sense of realism and empathy.... The Majestic is just that and you will never want to miss a second once you start watching it ...a truely remarkable film from a truely gifted Director......
 Worth watching, but does not even touch previous ventures May 8, 2008
Dazman
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 enough tale with some good performances, especially that of Martin Landau, but Jim Carrey fails to shine enough in what is clearly a major role and could have done with more screen time being given to people like James Whitmore and Ron Rifkin both of whom are fine actors, but sadly given very little to do here.
I feel that at least 10 minutes should have been cut from this film as it feels that the story is spread a bit thin when it did not have to be as there simply was not enough going on to warrant being just over 2 hours 20 minutes long.
I'm glad I did not pay anymore than 3 for this, but it's still a useful addition to my collection whilst not being the best by some way.
 poor enough January 29, 2008
sean paul mccann (ireland)
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 here isnt that bad but isnt handled well in parts and becomes over sickly and sweet towards the end.
The film stars jim carey as a 'b' movie screenwriter whose world looks like closing in on him after he is accused of being a communist,the film is set in 1950 so this charge is very real,he gets drunk and crashes and wakes up in a strange town that the world seems to have forgotten about and is mistaken for a missing war hero called luke,as carey has no recollection of where he came from he becomes luke at the will of everyone in the little town.
The film follows on from here in a slow moving way without stamping a real sense of identity onto itself.
This could and should have been better,the film has its moments of quality and carey acts superbly throughout but a weakish script and an over reliance on tidying itself up weighs heavily here,an average film that gets a two star rating.
The Majestic July 6, 2007
ray dorrity (New Forest, UK)
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 and his confrontation in the film with the Un-American Activities Committee is fantastic (although seeing Canadian Jim Carrey quoting the First Amendment to the US Bill of Rights seemed a bit strange) however, it does not detract from the movie.
The story is well described by the other reviewers and is good family fun.
My favourite scene is where he is made to sit at a piano in front of all the townsfolk and told to play a Rachmaninoff Concerto when he doesn't even think he can play the piano at all.
A lovely piece of 1950's small-town America nostalga, sadly all but disapeared now.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Buy and enjoy
Interesting. April 4, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.It surprised me though, it's a sweet film, and the ending made me think, and as a whole upset me a little, just from the point of view that it was dramatic, and I generally get affected by dramatic films. One of the things that shocked me about this film is that Jim Carrey can actually act. And act well! I was really really shocked... surprised to see him being able to pull off a straight drama and do it well. An enjoyable film, sweet and charming
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