How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 25 Years Later...

IDK

I kind of view Robin Williams being another great actor that is similar to Carrey.

Liar Liar is a fantastic film and Jim gives a great performance

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He overacted every role.

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That was his thing. Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber and Liar Liar are still funny. His stuff on Living Color is also classic. He just got weird and fell off sometime after The Grinch.

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Liar Liar is a fantastic film and Jim gives a great performance

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Liar Liar is good, but it's a mid-tier Jim Carrey movie and was the first time I remember getting a little tired of the same schtick. I never even bothered watching The Grinch up until a couple years ago because of that...and I was a HUGE Jim Carrey fan up until that point. He was my favorite actor and comedian. I wanted to BE him. But it started to feel like I was watching something I had already seen in some of the movies he started to do in the late 90's, with the exceptions being his serious roles and Me, Myself and Irene. Something felt different about that one, even though it was Jim being Jim for a lot of it. The story was just good and the supporting cast was awesome.

Top Tier Jim Carrey
Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura I and II
The Mask
The Cable Guy
Truman Show
Eternal Sunshine
Me, Myself & Irene
Man on the Moon

Mid Tier
Grinch
Liar Liar
Bruce Almighty
A Series of Unfortunate Events
I Love You Phillip Morris
Batman Forever


Not really sure where to put all the Sonic Movies, but he was great in them.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

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underrated

if you ever get the chance, check out the DVD extras, where Carrey tries out some different characterizations - all totally improv - some of which ended up in the movie

Unpopular take, I can’t stand live action Grinch. I hate it and always have.

The production, set design, camera angles, the lighting, I can’t stand any of it.

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He overacted every role. Sometimes it worked (Dumb and Dumber) and sometimes it didn't (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Liar, Liar,). The original is the GOAT.

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The frick? Carrey's acting style meshed perfectly with The Grinch. It's SUPPOSED to be cartoonish. And I bet you that Dr. Seuss would have loved his performance if he was still living when the film came out.

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It’s a cult classic that will stand the test of time. Back then, people always ragged on Jim Carrey for his repetitive acting styles, but looking back on it now, he’s a legendary actor who gave every role 110%.

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I agree with this, except that I don't even think it's fair to call it a cult classic...it's a really great live-action adaptation of one of the best/most famous cartoons of all time.

Carrey obviously overacted a bit, but he often played overly ridiculous characters and it played perfectly into those. And of all the characters to "overact," the Grinch may be the one where it's most appropriate. And he knocked it out of the park IMO.

I get people not liking the movie, that's fine. But you still have to admit that the actors, the sets, the direction, the "feel"....all of it fit a live action version really well.

I didn't really like this movie when it came out, and I was a child. Now, I sort of like it? Not sure if it's the nostalgia or what. My family loves it.