The Jim FUCKING Carrey Category
Some actors act. Jim Carrey commits crimes against subtlety. This category is for when you want elastic-face chaos, emotional whiplash, and jokes that should not work but do. He is so good I can't choose "only 3 movies". He is the main reason for the presence of "Honorable Mentions" on this website. He is a genre. Deal with it.
The Picks
A magical mask turns a shy guy into a cartoon tornado. The physics are illegal and that’s why it works.
Official synopsis
Stanley Ipkiss, an insecure banker who has lost his zest for life stumbles upon an ancient mask, that turns him into a confident suave cartoon-like character who upsets his ordinary life.
Green hater tries to cancel Christmas, learns feelings exist. Jim Carrey’s face does things no face should do.
Official synopsis
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Honorable Mentions
A man who is basically a noise machine solves animal cases. Peak Carrey chaos. Not subtle. Never subtle.
Official synopsis
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Two idiots go on a road trip and lower the average IQ of every scene they enter. It’s disgusting. It’s classic.
Official synopsis
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
Jim Carrey plays a man whose repressed rage has developed its own personality and its own dating strategy. Absolutely unhinged from start to finish.
Official synopsis
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Man says yes to everything and accidentally becomes alive again. It’s a self-help book, but funnier and with fewer scams.
Official synopsis
Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.