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Jim Carrey Almighty
When Jim Carrey has a decent writer behind him who writes a character who either does no mugging at all, or gives him funny reasons for mugging, he's actually quite good. He's over the top or he's not; there's no halfway for him.
Thus, he was pretty funny in "Ace Ventura I" and "Liar Liar" (plausible over-the-top mugging) and "The Truman Show" (no mugging) but not so good in "The Cable Guy" or "Me, Myself and Irene."
Similarly, he will be great as Darren Stevens in the rumored "Bewitched" project --- a role he was born to play. He will not be as good as Count Olaf in "A Series of Unfortunate Events." The Walter Mitty remake is a toss-up.
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