The Majestic (2001)

PG12/21/2001Drama, Romance2h 32m
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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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jim Carrey

    Peter Appleton

  2. Cast 1

    Martin Landau

    Harry Trimble

  3. Cast 1

    Laurie Holden

    Adele Stanton

  4. Cast 1

    Gerry Black

    Emmett Smith

  5. Cast 1

    David Ogden Stiers

    Doc Stanton

  6. Cast 1

    Bob Balaban

    Elvin Glyde

  7. Cast 1

    Jeffrey DeMunn

    Mayor Ernie Cole

  8. Cast 1

    Hal Holbrook

    Congressman Doyle

  9. Cast 1

    Brent Briscoe

    Sheriff Cecil Coleman

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 1s...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$72,000,000.00

Revenue $37,317,673.00

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