The Majestic

Watch: The Majestic

12/21/20012h 32m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time. ~

Overview:

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$72,000,000.00

Revenue:

$37,317,673.00

Key words:

california
amnesia
falsely accused
prosecution
mistaken identity
anti-communism
hollywood
writer
blacklist
1950s

Cast

Jim Carrey

~ as ~

Peter Appleton

Martin Landau

~ as ~

Harry Trimble

Laurie Holden

~ as ~

Adele Stanton

Gerry Black

~ as ~

Emmett Smith

David Ogden Stiers

~ as ~

Doc Stanton

Bob Balaban

~ as ~

Elvin Glyde

Jeffrey DeMunn

~ as ~

Mayor Ernie Cole

Hal Holbrook

~ as ~

Congressman Doyle

Brent Briscoe

~ as ~

Sheriff Cecil Coleman

Ron Rifkin

~ as ~

Kevin Bannerman

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
It's time for the Majestic review....

...RED SCARE!!!!

It makes a play at it in the very start of the film. It loudly proclaims that, HEY, WATCH THIS MOVIE, IT'S ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST!!!!! And it does it as loud as it can...

...and then it kind of forgets what the movie is about up until the last 15 minutes.

However, the bulk of the movie does seem like the kind of film that would fit in the Hollywood Blacklist Era. The plot, the acting, the setting, all seems to be very much a 1950s feel good movie...

...and then it veers off again and delivers on the 1st Amendment moral to end the film with a light heavy hand...if that makes sense.

So, it feels disjointed, but in a way that oddly fits the premise to begin with. Almost as if it is trying to be a movie in a movie, which might have been the point.

Watch it once, it will entertain you. Watch it more than once and you'll be bored.