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A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 42%, Metacritic 27/100. Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,250 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 2h 33m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 42 points higher than critics do.
865 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Michael SloaneScreenplay
- Frank DarabontDirector
Cast
- Jim CarreyPeter Appleton
- Martin LandauHarry Trimble
- Laurie HoldenAdele Stanton
- Gerry BlackEmmett Smith
- David Ogden StiersDoc Stanton
- Bob BalabanElvin Glyde
- Jeffrey DeMunnMayor Ernie Cole
- Hal HolbrookCongressman Doyle
- Brent BriscoeSheriff Cecil Coleman
- Ron RifkinKevin Bannerman
- James WhitmoreStan Keller
- Susan WillisIrene Terwilliger
Stills
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Themes
californiaamnesiafalsely accusedprosecutionmistaken identityanti-communismhollywoodwriterblacklist1950s