The Best Thriller Since The Sixth Sense

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2007)

It's funny that the same critics who panned comedy classics such as Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura pan this completely different film and criticize Carrey's performance. They're the ones who in their two-faced reviews told him to do better films.
I see the same thing happening with Adam Sandler, who has made several great semi-dramatic films in the past few years.
Eddie Murphy, twenty-five years and twenty family films since he revolutionized comedy with Delirious, is finally getting some respect, as is Bill Murray. Hopefully Carrey and Sandler won't have to wait that long.
On to the film itself.
While it's not Oscar material, it's the type of film that deserves some respect from critics. Critics praised Robert DeNiro for Hide & Seek and damn Carrey for this role.
Then again, the critics probably would have loved DeNiro in The Mask.
This is a hell of a film and probably the best thriller since The Sixth Sense or at least since Clint Eastwood's very underrated True Crime. See it too, by the way.
The film is about Walter Sparrow, a family man, and the book that changes his life.
About the ending: I won't give it away, but the critics must be out of their damn minds. Seriously, how the hell else are you going to end it? Anyway, go see this. One of Carrey's best performances so far.