There is a moment
when Carrey begins tearing up out of potential heartbreak, a rare moment where an actor actually gives more than the performance requires.
But Dumb and Dumber came out at a time
when Carrey was at the height of his career, following blockbuster comedies The Mask and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Me, Myself and Irene works for the same reason, though at the tail end of his popularity).
Zellweger is a good comedienne, but her character isn't written to be particularly funny, and it's hard for her to find any room to roam
when Carrey is stealing every bit of the focus.
Here
when Carrey elongates his already gaunt face, wears a wool overcoat and slicks back his hair (you know he's snapped when the gel holding it in place wears off), he looks well on his way to being able to play a youngish Montgomery Burns in a live - action «Simpsons» movie.
When Carrey educates himself and literally shovels snow into his apartment while permanently consigning himself to a parka, this writer groaned.
Not exact matches
The Popemobile is a huge joke.I remember
when Drew
Carrey was doing stand up comedy, and he made a joke about the Pope way back then.
Actor Jim
Carrey gave a succinct and powerful explanation of this
when he told an interviewer: «I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.»
«There is a lot of interaction between
Carrey and me
when we were filming the movie,» said Lawler.
While there are many, many compelling things about the film, I found myself gravitating toward a teeny - tiny subplot:
when both Joel (Jim
Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet) accidentally hear the tapes each recorded of the other in their attempts to erase each other from their memory, they get a glimpse of what their former romantic partner was thinking of them at the time things went south.
Clementine Kruczynski (played by Kate Winslet) and Joel Barish (Jim
Carrey) are a couple whose lives are transformed
when they realize they have the option of deleting their troubled time together.
i loved the books
when i was younger and even liked the jim
carrey movie (and i very much dislike jim
carrey lol) so i totally watched season 1 and i'm absolutely going to watch season 2!
Most importantly at this stage in his career,
Carrey has finally realized that some performances are most valuable
when they leave some room for his co-stars to do their thing too.
It's about a wealthy Manhattan real estate shark named Popper (Jim
Carrey) who is illegally hoarding exotic animals in his high - rise penthouse - a half dozen rare penguins, which he keeps to mollify his entitled children, who whine and pout
when he speaks of having the flightless birds removed.
Carrey is less ideal to do the warm - dad transition that Williams would have handled expertly, yet the script (which clankingly shifts gears from writing style to writing style) delivers its best stuff in these scenes, not in such frantic moments as
when the penguins bust loose and slide down the helix of the Guggenheim during a fancy party.
When he finally does start warming up to them,
Carrey plays it like something has snapped in his head, and he's heading for a breakdown.
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.
When the penguins (a clever blend of real birds and CG) aren't on screen, the rest is a predictable tale of a man learning to appreciate family and feelings once more, anchored by
Carrey in a performance that thankfully never overwhelms the film.
Both Popper (Jim
Carrey, ideally cast) and his assistant, Pippi (Ophelia Lovibond), prefer to preface their pronouncements with the letter «p.» And they get plenty of opportunity
when he receives an unexpected package: six penguins, who immediately upend everything.
Also there are many scenes that were obviously improvised through the fading comic «genius» of Jim
Carrey, I can't imagine what director Mark Waters went through
when Jimbo made his suggestions.
Adaptation of the 1938 children's book, set in contemporary Manhattan:
When a distant father and ruthless businessman (Jim Carrey) inherits six penguins, he soon learns that the balance between work, life and personal space is easier when you add a little unexpected h
When a distant father and ruthless businessman (Jim
Carrey) inherits six penguins, he soon learns that the balance between work, life and personal space is easier
when you add a little unexpected h
when you add a little unexpected help.
Carrey isn't just a sultan of smarm
when he keeps saying, «Yabsolutely.»
When the old man dies he bequeaths to his son a live penguin; then, through a miscommunication, apartment - dweller
Carrey acquires --
But it's
when the devilish old
Carrey materializes that the movie — which Mark Waters directed and is credited to three screenwriters — dares to be more than a greeting card.
As if that weren't enough stress for
Carrey, everyone else walks all over him too:
When he tells a little girl to stop jumping rope in the street, she pays no attention to him (she also tells him off).
Jim
Carrey rarely cuts loose and,
when he does, he's merely imitating Steve Martin's great All of Me performance or his own In Living Color characters.
Unfortunately, Charlie has Split Personality Disorder, and
when he runs out of his medication... Meet Hank Baileygates (Jim
Carrey), Charlie's hyper - aggressive alter - ego.
And really, these shouldn't even be concerns that come to mind
when watching Mr. Popper's Penguins, a loose adaptation / update of the classic 1938 children's book whose premise — about a man (Jim
Carrey) who unexpectedly receives the titular animals in the mail and transforms his home in order to keep them — presumes a certain degree of whimsy.
Carrey looks to be wearing a bit of prosthetics to get the character's look just right, and it should be fun to see him in action
when the film hits theaters.
Steve Carell is an undeniably funny guy, but not in that «carry a bad film to success» way that
Carrey was able to do earlier in his career,
When you realize that Carell got more laughs in the miniscule amount of screen time he had in Bruce Almighty than he does in the 90 minutes he is in front of the camera for this sequel, that's really all you need to know in terms of this film's overall comedic quality.
Carrey explains why this was necessary and how Andy sort - of telepathically took over him
when he decided to take on the role.
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.
«Dark Crimes» has
Carrey, who seems like he's auditioning for an HBO procedural, but the rest of the movie is motionless
when it isn't baffling.
Featuring the best work from
Carrey and McGregor in years (and a reminder of
Carrey's phenomenal and chameleonic talents
when given the right material), a smart and witty script adapted by the directors from McVicker's novel, and a cracking pace that neither hurries nor languishes, it combines the highlights of the heist and escape genres with dashes of dark humour and irreverence to create a film best described as a wicked delight.
It's always a treat
when actors truly disappear into roles, and Jim
Carrey looks to have done precisely that for Alexandros Avranas» Dark Crimes, formerly...
And my first two favorite actors
when I was ten were Jack Nicholson and Jim
Carrey.
WHAT:
When Harry (Jeff Bridges) discovers that an old flame (Kathleen Turner) gave up their daughter for adoption 22 year earlier, Harry and Lloyd (Jim
Carrey) set off to track her down in the hope that the gorgeous but dumb Penny (Rachel Melvin) will donate a kidney to the biological dad she never met.
Carrey's no champ in the script - choosing department, particularly
when it comes to dramas; this could either be «Eternal Sunshine» good or «The Majestic» bad.
Based on the 2008 article True Crimes: A Postmodern Murder Mystery by David Grann,
Carrey plays «a hard - boiled detective who becomes suspicious of an author
when the incidents described in his hit novel resemble the inner - workings of an unsolved murder.».
Jim
Carrey plays the con artist who finds his soul mate, the eponymous Phillip Morris, in prison and then goes to astonishing lengths to pamper his lover, and,
when sent to back prison for some of those lengths, goes to even more astonishing lengths to escape.
Of course
Carrey (
When Nature Calls, Batman Forever) is the guy who does just that and soon the cable guy imposes himself into Steven's life.
We talk about how he got the role, what it's really like to work with Jim
Carrey and Jeff Daniels, hidden Easter eggs in the movie, how happy people were
when they found out that he's still alive, and much more!
Additionally, killer portrayals of Riddler and Two - Face from Jim
Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones, respectively, make for a film that's equally fun to watch
when the protagonists are on the screen and
when it's just the bad guys» time to shine.
Read the Guide's interview with Chloë Grace Moretz • Here's
when Jim
Carrey went off - message about Kick - Ass 2's violence
If Dumb and Dumberer:
When Harry Met Lloyd and Son of the Mask taught Hollywood anything, it's that people aren't too interested in seeing prequels or sequels to Jim
Carrey comedies if
Carrey himself isn't involved.
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).
The usually serious Tommy Lee Jones certainly brings the camp with one of the more absurd takes on Harvey Dent, though he struggles for attention
when sharing screen time with Jim
Carrey's manic Riddler.
The premise of the film involves Dick Harper (
Carrey, A Series of Unfortunate Events) losing his cushy VP position in the corporate office he works for
when the company comes unraveled.
It started in 1994
when Jim
Carrey was attached to star in the role, but then bowed out due to scheduling conflicts.
As a result,
Carrey is often unlikable as Bruce, which is a definite liability
when it comes to feeling sorry for him during the crucial moments of seriousness down the road.
When Jim
Carrey isn't painting political portraits, he's executive producing one of the best shows about stand - up comedy on TV.