Jim Carrey is incredible

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2008)

I think there are a lot of movie goers that have a hard time with Jim Carrey as an actor. Many of his characters are goofy and downright idiotic and so many are exaggerated caricatures of real life that its hard to take his work seriously sometimes. I have seen brilliance in his work on a couple of occasions, but this movie by far demonstrates a side of Jim Carrey that is well into the realms of his developing into becoming a great actor, not just a comedic actor. Jim Carrey displays a depth that he must really have had to work hard to find, because his character is dark, brooding, almost evil to the point that we all can feel the insanity that must be creeping into his characters consciousness as he progresses through the story. A sign of a really good actor is when the actor is able to disappear so well into the character that not only does the audience stop thinking about the person on the screen as being Jim Carrey, but also starts thinking that the person on the screen is really the character living and breathing in their own right. Jim Carrey masterfully is able to do this with this character Walter Sparrow. I enjoyed this movie immensely and hope to see Jim Carrey continue his exploration into dramatic roles. He is fully equipped and capable of carrying a lead role in a drama and am glad to see that he has a very smart agent directing the scripts and projects he chooses to do.