The Majestic

  • Drama
  • Romance
12/21/2001
152
PG

Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.

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.

Revenue:
$37,317,673
Budget:
$72,000,000

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  • GenerationofSwine

    It's time for the Majestic review....

    ...RED SCARE!!!!

    It makes a play at it in the very start of the film. It loudly proclaims that, HEY, WATCH THIS MOVIE, IT'S ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST!!!!! And it does it as loud as it can...

    ...and then it kind of forgets what the movie is about up until the last 15 minutes.

    However, the bulk of the movie does seem like the kind of film that would fit in the Hollywood Blacklist Era. The plot, the acting, the setting, all seems to be very much a 1950s feel good movie...

    ...and then it veers off again and delivers on the 1st Amendment moral to end the film with a light heavy hand...if that makes sense.

    So, it feels disjointed, but in a way that oddly fits the premise ...

    January 14, 2023

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