Movies starring Jim Carrey

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

103 mins     Comedy, Drama, Fantasy      

I have a theory about "Peggy Sue Got Married", to truly enjoy and appreciate it you had to be a teenager in the 60s and suffering a midlife crisis in the 80s. Now I wasn't born till the early 70s and as such whilst I enjoyed ...

The Dead Pool (1988)

91 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

In "The Dead Pool", the 5th Dirty Harry movie, we witness a movie critic murdered, it is an in-joke about a real critic who criticised the first "Dirty Harry" movie. Maybe that should be a warning to not criticise this but un...

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)

100 mins     Comedy      

When I first watched "Earth Girls Are Easy" as a teen back in the 80s it was fun, watching it now 25 years later it is even better. Don't get me wrong because "Earth Girls Are Easy" is and has always been a vacuous movie with...

The Mask (1994)

101 mins     Comedy, Crime, Fantasy      

When you think about "The Mask", and I am not talking about "Mask" from 1985, what do you remember, well most likely two maybe three things, Jim Carrey's rubber faced Looney Tune antics, Cameron Diaz making a striking impress...

Dumb & Dumber (1994)

107 mins     Comedy      

This probably sounds rather stupid but whilst I enjoyed "Dumb & Dumber" it became tiring because it was trying too hard to be funny. I would hazard a guess that there was more jokes than minutes it is that full of humour from...

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

86 mins     Comedy      

Frankly all that "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" is is a vehicle to showcase the talents of Jim Carrey. But it is a clever movie because in the midst of a lot of comedy it gave us catchphrases, a lot of catchphrases which not on...

Batman Forever (1995)

121 mins     Action , Crime, Fantasy      

What a difference a director makes, Tim Burton gave us his vision of the Dark Knight with "Batman" and the slightly darker "Batman Returns" and then handed the reigns over to Joel Schumacher to direct the second sequel "Batma...

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

90 mins     Comedy      

Whilst "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" was little more than a showcase to highlight Jim Carrey's whacky sense of humour it held together nicely because it had purpose, it had a storyline which just about linked all the comedy to...

The Cable Guy (1996)

96 mins     Comedy, Thriller      

Having hit his stride and made his name with comedies such as "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ", "The Mask" and even "Dumb and Dumber" it seemed like rubber faced Canadian Jim Carrey could barely put a foot wrong. Well that is un...

Liar Liar (1997)

86 mins     Comedy      

What do call a man who gets paid to lie for a living - a lawyer or in the case Of Jim Carrey a Liar. "Liar Liar" is a movie all about the over the top antics of Jim Carrey as a lawyer and estranged father who through his son'...

The Truman Show (1998)

112 mins     Comedy, Drama, Fantasy      

I'll be honest; I really disliked "The Truman Show" when it was released in 1998, maybe because it wasn't like anything else that Jim Carrey had done before or maybe because I just didn't get it. But a few years later and hav...

Man on the Moon (1999)

118 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

As a child I have fond memories of watching the American sit-com "Taxi" and crying with laughter at the hilarious antics of Latka a humble mechanic. So when a biopic of Andy Kaufman, the man behind Latka, came out I was quite...

The Grinch (2000)

104 mins     Comedy, Fantasy      

The Grinch: Jim Carrey stars as the mean, green Christmas wrecking machine who tries to ruin Christmas for the folk in Whoville, but he's met his match in Cindy Lou...

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

116 mins     Comedy      

"Me, Myself & Irene" comes under a group of movies which when you first watched them they were great but once viewed again you begin to question your own judgement. It's not unusual I can think if loads of movies and not just...

The Majestic (2001)

152 mins     Drama      

As a fan of the golden era of cinema I have to applaud what director Frank Darabont attempted with "The Majestic" because he tried to give us a Capra-esque movie in an age where Capra style feel good movies are sadly lacking....

Bruce Almighty (2003)

101 mins     Comedy, Fantasy, Romance      

Jim Carrey, with his over the top face pulling and slightly juvenile humour is one of those comedians that you are going to either like or hate, a bit like Marmite. There is no middle ground as his brand of comedy is shall we...

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

108 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

Before the release of "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" I had never even heard of the series of children's books it was based on which I must say is of no surprise as I haven't been a child in a long time nor ...

Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

90 mins     Comedy, Crime      

My theory when it comes to remakes is quite similar to my theory on book adaptations, always watch the movie before you read the book so you are not disappointed by what is different and watch the remake before the original s...

The Number 23 (2007)

101 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

For a thriller to work it must hook me, it must deliver something which grabs my attention and keeps it till the end. Now "The Number 23" hooked me when it brought to the fore the significance of the number 23 but it soon los...

Yes Man (2008)

104 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"Yes Man" is based upon the popular book by Danny Wallace who after being told by a stranger on a bus that he doesn't say "Yes" often enough went on a strange journey of discovery as he set about saying "Yes" to any opportuni...