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Feels like Jim Carrey should have been in this.

posted 12 years ago by Degree7
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I got serious "Bruce Almighty" vibes from this film.

Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.

[–] virgiltx 12 years ago

Not quite sure how you mean that. But keep in mind, Bruce Almighty was 12 years later. Casting Jim Carrey for that would have been three years pre-Ace Ventura (1994), with a fairly young looking JC.

Ironically, Albert Brooks's movie The Muse (1999) makes a joke about suggesting casting Jim Carrey for a movie, as if to comment on the tendency, even then, for people to suggest Jim Carrey for a various roles.

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[–] Degree7 12 years ago

I just think that he and Carry share a similar kind of taste in humour.

Well, that and J.C. does well in a lot of roles where things are that sunny, bright cheeriness (The Truman Show, Bruce Almighty)

Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.

[–] Prismark10 12 years ago

Carrey was just an up n comer at the time this film was released.

Its that man again!!

[–] tj_mower 11 years ago

Albert Brooks and Jim Carey do NOT have similar kind of taste in humor. That's ridiculous.

[–] Lisa_Kay 12 years ago

I disagree. I love Jim Carrey, but this movie was not for him. And yeah, he would have been too young at the time to suit the role anyway. Not sure Albert Brooks was perfect for it either though. I was only 10 when I first watched this movie and there was already something about him that felt off. I think it was hard to have the freshness and innocence this role required when the person playing it actually wrote it himself.

[–] Treg1980 12 years ago

Oh thank god he wasn't in this movie. I can't stand Jim Carrey, he would have ruined this for me. By the way, loved this movie.

[–] BigScreenDom 10 years ago