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No, not Jim Carey doing drama again.


It simply doesn't work.
It's impossible to engage in suspension of disbelief with Jim Carey doing anything other than comedy.

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He's a phenomenal dramatic performer.
The only thing that doesn't work is your ability to distinguish an actor from the roles they play.

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The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and The Majestic were all dramatic films where Jim Carrey gave an incredible performance, I wish he would do a whole lot more films like this.

Although The Number 23 wasn't a great film by any standards, it wasn't Carrey's performance that let it down, that was the fault of the writer's. You need to be able to distinguish whether an actor makes a film bad or whether it was other aspects of the film that has tarnished your view of said actor.

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OP is way wrong on this. Jim can act better than most actors that are specialized dramatic actors in Hollywood. He just doesn't get as many scripts for it because of people like OP that pigeon hole him into comedy.

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Wow, why so defensive?

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Wow, thats not very defensive.
He barely said that hes a good drama actor.

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Can't forget Man on the Moon either! OP is nuts, Jim Carrey is actually a solid dramatic actor.

For all we know the suicide of that girl he was seeing could be a reason why he is taking on a darker role again.

I will not fear, fear is the mind killer

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Too bad for you.

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i think jim carrey is a great actor he can do any part he wants

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Why not? I mean several comedians managed to go back and forth between drama and comedy with ease. If Carrey liked the script, why should he turn it down just because it is a drama?

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nonsense, truman show, eternal sunshine... he's great. it works best when he is allowed to add in a bit of his comedy as well though, creates a very nice balance and serves as a great juxtaposition for the drama in his films

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Every time he finds a clue, he should scream, "LEMME SHOW YA SOMETHIN"!".

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What are you smoking?
I can't stand his comedies but love his dramas..It's about the same with Adam Sandler.
Their comedies are just too slap stick and over the top but I think they shine in dramatic roles.

So you're saying you can suspend disbelief in stupid comedies such as Dumb and Dumber?

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I don't about him, but I'm smoking out. I must be to answer this after two years. However, is a good actor, but he's already typecasted.

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This reminds me The Number 23. And he was awful in that movie.

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