The Majestic

Sometimes your life comes into focus one frame at a time.

2001 • 153 min • Drama · Romance

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Synopsis

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Our family guide

Best from age 10

Movie Knight Score

860 reviews

100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
68 Audience · 859 · 49%

A blacklisted Hollywood writer suffers amnesia and is mistaken for a missing war hero in a small town. He embraces this new identity and helps revitalize the community, but his past eventually catches up to him.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 2/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Discussions of war trauma
Depictions of prejudice

What it models well

Community spirit
Finding your purpose
Standing up for beliefs
Hope and resilience

Talk about it after

The impact of McCarthyism and blacklisting
Importance of truth and identity
What makes someone a hero?
Judging people by their actions

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Top billed cast

Director: Frank Darabont • Crew: Michael Sloane

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Reviewer notes

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It's time for the Majestic review.... ...RED SCARE!!!! It makes a play at it in the very start of the film. It loudly proclaims that, HEY, WATCH THIS MOVIE, IT'S ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST!!!!! And it does it as loud as it can... ...and then it kind of forgets what the movie is about up until the last 15 minutes.…
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