Jim Carrey: America Unmasked

Oct 14, 2021

0h 52m

★ 7.4

What place can Jim Carrey still find on screens?

Overview

Composed of numerous archives and film clips, this documentary is the story of a transgressive actor, a pirate who came to crack America's too perfect mask to reveal its most infantile and moronic face, right in the heart of the Hollywood system.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ARTE

Bellota Films

Jim Carrey: America Unmasked Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Lison Daniel

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Jim Carrey: America Unmasked

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