Now that we live in a movie comedy world led by Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, and other impulsive man-children, it’s hard to fathom how trailblazing and bizarre this performance seemed at the time. Carrey’s animal-loving sleuth was dumb yet brilliant, belligerent yet sweet, nerdy yet cool, and casually adult yet relentlessly juvenile. Imagine Bill Murray‘s chill trapped in the spastic body of Jerry Lewis. It was an astonishing breakout, and it made Carrey a movie star.
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