Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios during Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951 in particular. "Ashes to Ashes" is about to be released, and he's dating the attractive movie star, Sandra Sinclair. Just when everything seems to be going his way, it is discovered he (unwittingly) attended a Communist meeting during college when pulled there by his girlfriend at the time, and thus heavy suspicion settles over him and he'll have to stand before Congr... (Full plot summary below)
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Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios during Hollywood's Golden Age, 1951 in particular. "Ashes to Ashes" is about to be released, and he's dating the attractive movie star, Sandra Sinclair. Just when everything seems to be going his way, it is discovered he (unwittingly) attended a Communist meeting during college when pulled there by his girlfriend at the time, and thus heavy suspicion settles over him and he'll have to stand before Congress. Afraid of what might happen if they don't, HHS cancels Appleton's contract and aborts the release date of the film. Appleton promptly begins to wallow in self-pity and spends nearly an entire night at a bar, then drives intoxicated through the streets of the California course until plummeting into a stormy river and getting knocked unconscious. Washing up on the beaches of a small town called Lawson. Although the people there are pleasant and likable, the town is depressed and lifeless due to having lost 62 of its sons in World War II. One of them, Luke Trimble, was missing in action; and miraculously, Peter bears a striking resemblance to the black and white photos, close enough to fool even Luke's father, Harry. However, thanks to the blow to the head and the alcohol, Peter has suffered amnesia and decides he must be who they think he is. Besides, it's not a bad life: Luke's beautiful lover, lawyer Adele Stanton, is all over him, the town has suddenly come back to life with excitement, and he and his "father" rebuild a movie palace Harry used to run, the Majestic. Unfortunately, Peter's memory returns in time for G-men to track him down.
Leave your thoughts about The Majestic.
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanIn another time, this would have been a very good movie; in our time, it is a great one. |
| Countingdown.comLarry CarrollBuilt on a weak script that exploits nostalgia in an attempt to make you overlook an absurd plot... |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt tells a full story with three acts, it introduces characters we get to know and care about, and it has something it passionately wants to say. |
| Supercala.comPaul SalfenAn enjoyable holiday movie with a timely patriotic feel. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatt EasterbrookNo matter what Carrey does -- even if he finds a cure for cancer -- he will best be known for talking out of his ass. Crying shame. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderIn a haze of generic nostalgia, The Majestic hammers home themes of patriotism and family values, all the while rewriting history for its own purposes. |
| WBAI Web RadioPrairie MillerAn escapist yarn anti-escapist in subtext, it posits a subversive movie fantasy: dissidence as heroic, even patriotic in search of an ideal, less small minded country. |
| eFilmCritic.comCollin SouterA movie that can be described as cheesy, contrived and hopelessly predictable should not be rewarded, nor recommended. But I liked it anyway. |
| Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)Greg Maki... The kind of uplifting movie that I think many would enjoy around the holidays ... |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamChannels the spirit of Frank Capra in this serio-sentimental fable about a man who loses his memory but finds his soul. |
