A classic? No.

Rating: 2/10 (5 August 2016)

People rave about this film, it pops up regularly on their best film lists.
I ask the question why? Because lets be honest, it's a one joke idea that is strung out for all its worth over the 99 minute running time.
I can't fault Jim Carrey, he plays his part well, but what the script really needed was somewhere else to go. There are questions you have while watching this film that you think "oh, they'll answer that in a minute", but they don't, preferring instead to cover the same old ground.
I was surprised to see that Peter Weir (Dead Poet's Society') directed this because although that film was longer, it had more fresh ideas than this film manages in less time.
People rave about this film. I won't be joining them.