Overwhelmed by Carrey's brand of physical comedy

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2000)

Well, if I had the same sort of birthday wish magic that the kid in this movie did, I would have had sex with a lot more supermodels! OK, about the film: it was just too much Jim Carrey. I think the film could have been better with someone else cast in that role playing it straighter. A pretty cute premise that just got overwhelmed by Carrey's brand of physical comedy. Not that that is always bad, but I just thought that there was a really good movie in there somewhere, and it got lost. A really good acting job by Maura Tierney. I wonder why she's not a bigger star. Maybe her work on ER will help.