Almost unrecognizable beneath a bushy beard and delivering his lines in heavily accented English,
Carrey turns in strong and haunting work as Tadek, a deeply troubled veteran Polish detective who seems to be on the OCD spectrum.
It's funny watching Milos Forman — who directed «Man on the Moon» — refer to Mr. Carrey as Andy, but when Mr.
Carrey turns into Tony Clifton something more sinister and menacing comes through.
Instead, Mr.
Carrey turns up in a sloppy second Ace Ventura film that's little more than an echo of the first.
Not exact matches
The career — and personal life — of actor Jim
Carrey has been taking some interesting
turns lately.
However, things take a dark
turn as
Carrey's character deals with serious emotional issues off camera.
Comedic actor Jim
Carrey and Playboy bunny -
turned - actress Jenny McCarthy were convinced vaccination caused her son Evan's autism, and they were welcomed with open arms to spruik their views on chat shows across the country.
Jim
Carrey, Carla Gugino, and Angela Lansbury star in this comedy about a man who
turns his growing group of penguins into a performance troupe.
Then again, it's not an insufferable experience by any means, thanks to a pretty marvelous
turn by
Carrey.
When Mr. Popper (Jim
Carrey) inherits six penguins, the businessman finds the responsibility of caring for the little creatures from the bottom of the Earth is
turning his own life upside - down.
Unfortunately,
Carrey is more of a distraction, especially as we constantly expect him to break his dour, morose expression at every
turn for a visual gag or punchline.
But even yesterday it looked like a long shot, and despite
Carrey's apparent love of Matthew Vaughn's film, The Hollywood Reporter is saying that their sources think the chances of
Carrey taking the role of Colonel Stars (a mobster -
turned - fundamentalist - Christian -
turned - superhero - recruiter) are slim — presumably the smaller budget of the sequel to the underperfoming original can't quite afford him.
Carrey slips into his old obnoxious, adolescent persona, using divine powers to be silly: lifting skirts,
turning his heap into a million - dollar Italian sports car.
So boasts a pair of titles at the start of I Love You Phillip Morris, the true story of straight cop -
turned - gay grifter Steven Russell (Jim
Carrey), who funds his newly flamboyant lifestyle with a series of small cons and fraudulent law suits.
The promise of Mintz - Plasse's Red Mist
turning supervillain, plus the addition of Jim
Carrey as a hero called «Colonel Stars» are reason enough to assume that we're in for a wild ride with this sequel, and we can't wait to see just how crazy things will get.
We all know biopics are a surefire way to land an Oscar, and this could find the same mix of comedy and drama that landed Jim
Carrey praise for his
turn as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon.
This drama has apparently been on the shelf for a few years, which isn't the best of signs, but looks like Jim
Carrey's deep, dark
turn in this crime drama is finally getting a US release date.
Of course, it was a long time getting there and just one role in a long and highly diverse career that also includes a noted
turn alongside Jim
Carrey in the Farrelly Brothers» 2000 «My, Myself, and Irene.»
Carrey's Colonel Stars is a standout even without a ton of screen - time, though he never quite hits the highs of Nicolas Cage's
turn as Big - Daddy.
We were stunned by Robin Williams when he took home an Oscar for Good Will Hunting, baffled by Jim
Carrey «s incredible
turn in The Truman Show, and shocked to find out that Steve Carrell was more than just Michael Scott (and has now become one of our greatest working actors).
Once
Carrey makes the «yes» commitment, the film
turns into a gag machine as he improves his life by opening up to Korean lessons, time spent with his friends, random acts of kindness, and oral sex with a toothless octogenarian.
As Mindy endures a «Mean Girls» - like nightmare at high school, Kick - Ass joins a superhero team called Justice Forever, led by a former mob enforcer
turned born - again Christian named Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim
Carrey).
The movie also features some amusing supporting
turns from Donald Faison (as a fellow superhero called Dr. Gravity), John Leguizamo (as The Motherfucker's trusted right - hand man) and an almost unrecognizable
Carrey (donning a prosthetic nose and a thick New York accent), who shines in the Nic Cage mentor role.
Plot: Man (Matthew Broderick) is cruelly dumped by his mean girlfriend (Mann), so
turns to his weird cable man (Jim
Carrey) for friendship.
When The Mask first came out in 1994, reviewers raved about the ultra-modern special effects used to
turn Jim
Carrey into a living cartoon.