The Majestic

Theatrical - Wide 2001-12-21

Cast Jim Carrey Martin Landau Laurie Holden ALlen Garfield Amanda Detmer Bob Balaba
Directed by Frank Darabont
Written by Michael Sloane

Genres: Comedy

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

This romantic dramedy, described as Frank Capra-esque and set in 1951, is about a young screenwriter (Jim Carrey) facing the House Un-American Activities Committee blacklist after the war. He suffers from amnesia after being in a car crash, and when he... See more stumbles into a small town, he is mistaken for the presumed dead son of the owner of a local movie theater (Martin Landau).

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The Majestic

Posted 24 years ago

Review Date: Director: Frank Darabont Writer: Michael Sloane Producers: Frank Darabont Actors: Jim Carrey as Peter Appleton, Martin Landau as Harry Trimble, Laurie Holden as Adele Stanton Plot: A 1950s Hollywood screenwriter suspected of being a communist gets into a...