Applaus für Janet

I picked up this movie in the bargain bin of a video store because it had Jim Carreys mug on the cover and I'm a huge fan. Well the movie centers around a character named Janet who happens to be related to the screen writer in real life. 'Nuff said there. The production values are on par with those of an After School Special. The box title is "Rubberface"..so steer clear of it

It is true that Jim should be cut a little slack for the fact that this is one of his first movies (perhaps not his first as three other movies came out that he was in during 1983). However, the fact that this movie was downright crap is unavoidable. It's possible that this movie may have been funny if Jim Carrey had done some actual comedy in it, rather than help out some lame girl with her stage routine. And come on, Tony Moroni? Who the hell thought that would be a good name to put in this movie? It's safe to say that the only way this movie is worth what you pay for it, is if it is given to you. Do not rent this unless you are a(n) a) sado-masochist b) drawing evil power from crappy movies that you will use to destroy the world and life as we know it c) realllllllly freakin bored. So good luck with whichever one of those you go with. I went with b.

The cover for this movie is one of the biggest pieces of bull**it I've ever seen. I saw the cover, and figured, "Oh, it's got Jim Carrey, it must be at least marginally funny." Boy was I wrong. This is even more bull**it than the movie, "Going Overboard," in which Adam Sandler in his early days brings us a crappy movie that you wouldn't expect to come from him. "Rubberface", however, is 1000 times worse! Not only is Jim Carrey (or anyone else in this movie) not even remotely funny, but he's not even the main character. He's in the movie for a couple minutes!

Just to show you how execrable this movie is, I'm one of the few people that gave good reviews to movies such as "Meatballs III" and "It's Pat". I'm a pretty tolerable person when it comes to movies, even ones that the majority of people consider to be terrible. But "Rubberface" is sh*t. Pure, 100% sh*t. Actually, it's even worse than s**t. I can't explain to you how robbed I felt by this worthless entity beneath a pile of feces!

I saw this movie around the time it was released. I remember watching it after school, which seems to jive with the after-school-special references in other reviews. As it's been 30 years since I've seen it, my recollection of the movie is pretty vague, but there was a scene that always stuck with me all these years. It was when Janet was reading a poem she wrote about her insecurities, explaining how she tended to keep herself protected by this 'bubble', which at this point I can only assume was the self-deprecating humour she used to elicit the laughter she craved but also hide her emotional pain. On a certain level, I identified with her, which is probably why I remembered this scene all these years (if I'm even remembering right). Now that I know the title, I will hopefully stumble across it and watch it again.

I also picked up this movie by accident, I also bought it for, like, $2.00 in the bargain bin of my local video store. I love cheesy, bad movies and I figured I was in for a treat. Well, this had got to be one of the worst movies ever made. Ed Wood himself would refuse to claim responsibility for it. BE FOREWARNED: If you are also a lover of bad cinema, THIS IS NOT THE MOVIE FOR YOU. This movie is not even laughingly bad, it's just bad. There are absolutely no redeeming elements. My home/vacation movies have more substance... and THAT says a lot.