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Fri 03 Mar 2010I Love You Philip Morris
Jim Carrey is at his best in this zany – but true – hedonistic comedy, writes DONALD CLARKE
THE WORLD is divided into those who find Jim Carrey the life and soul of the party and those who suspect that his hysterical mugging is evidence of some hidden (though not thathidden) seam of poisonous insecurity. Very occasionally, some bright director finds a way of channelling that desperation into an unsettling performance. One thinks of Man in the Moonand the less celebrated but equally interesting The Cable Guy. In short, Carrey is at his best when, rather than playing a crazy, crazy guy, he plays a guy who is actually crazy.
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