Summary
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.
Cast
Jim Carrey
Peter Appleton
Martin Landau
Harry Trimble
Laurie Holden
Adele Stanton
Gerry Black
Emmett Smith
David Ogden Stiers
Doc Stanton
Bob Balaban
Elvin Glyde
Jeffrey DeMunn
Mayor Ernie Cole
Hal Holbrook
Congressman Doyle
Brent Briscoe
Sheriff Cecil Coleman
Ron Rifkin
Kevin Bannerman
James Whitmore
Stan Keller
Susan Willis
Irene Terwilliger
Catherine Dent
Mabel
Brian Howe
Carl Leffert
Karl Bury
Bob Leffert
Chelcie Ross
Avery Wyatt
Amanda Detmer
Sandra Sinclair
Allen Garfield
Leo Kubelsky
Daniel von Bargen
Federal Agent Ellerby
Mario Roccuzzo
Jerry the Bartender
Earl Boen
Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Bruce Campbell
Roland the Intrepid Explorer
Cliff Curtis
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Michael Sloane
Kindly Old Professor Meredith
Garry Marshall
Studio Executive (voice)
Paul Mazursky
Studio Executive (voice)
Sydney Pollack
Studio Executive (voice)
Carl Reiner
Studio Executive (voice)
Rob Reiner
Studio Executive (voice)
Matt Damon
Luke Trimble (voice)
Crew
Director
Frank Darabont
Screenplay
Michael Sloane
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
January 14, 2023
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.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$72,000,000.00
Revenue:
$37,317,673.00
Keywords
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