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Plot! Plot, where are you?, 25 November 2002
1/10
Author: Vladimir from Sydney, Australia

This movie is nothing more than a pile of unconnected and hideously awful musical numbers with small bits of badly-written dialogue and no plot whatsoever. It really is a boring watch, particularly with Jim Carrey playing a howlingly unfunny straight character and, let's face it, playing straight characters is hardly how he earned his fame. The only possibly endearing quality of this mindless waste of film is simply that it was Carrey's first leading role, and with this as his starting block, it's incredible that he got where he is today. If you have a yearning desire to see this movie, I would first advise seeing the world's most eminent psychologist.

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Copper Mountain!, 15 July 2005
1/10
Author: Marmidukestank

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I own this movie. I OWN IT. I want to destroy it, but I can't. I keep it as a reminder of sorts. A reminder of the consequences of corrupt film-making? Or perhaps to further study the effects of watching one of the worst movies ever made? I'm really not quite sure at the time of writing, but what I do know is, there is a greater purpose of me owning the DVD of this defecation on celluloid. I own this film for a reason. The full title for this complete s***fest is Copper Mountain: A Club Med Experience. Catchy title, huh. The film centres around two young friends (a young Jim Carrey and supposedly famous Alan Thicke) who are travelling to Club Mediterreanean for the Copper Mountain skiing festivities. Well, that's from what I could gather. The film gives absolutely no back-story for this pair, they are simply travelling to stay at a ski lodge. The characters are just so stupid. The dialogue! Even worse. And, if you laugh once in this movie, it's all over for you. Write a suicide note and get out of our realm, you freak.

Jim Carrey's character, Bobby Todd, is so pitifully boring in this movie, I can't believe he got a career in film. I really can't. Unless he didn't put this on his filmography/resume, which is likely. Carrey's character wanders around the lodge doing NOTHING. We watch him do s*** all. There is a minimal plot that involves him wanting to pick up girls but always failing because he's too much of an idiot, but this is presented so badly it shouldn't really be mentioned. On the other hand, we have the Jackson Reach (Alan Thicke) character that wants to get into the Pro Skiing Competition, yet his competitive nature gets in the way and he loses to several people. And that's where his story ends. Honest, to god, that's pretty much all that happens. There is also some insanely out of place subplot about some dumb broad that has feelings for her protégé, or something... I don't really know, I was much more focused on my mental safety.

This movie goes for a whopping 58 minutes. That's right, including the credits. Yet, there is about... oh... 25 minutes of storyline here. The rest of the film is basically musical guest appearances and ski footage. That's right. The majority of this film is some poxy concert with a heap of bad singers. This movie would be better suited to the title: Rita Coolidge in Concert - Starring Jim Carrey. Not to mention the opening titles (which also has the musical 'splendor' of Rita Coolidge playing over them) go for at least 6 minutes. There is barely any film here at all.

Anyone that feels like they can take on Copper Mountain, make sure you take some necessary precautions. 1. Don't watch the movie all the way through in one sitting like I did, as I am still recovering. Half to quarterly intervals should be your guideline to stop, take time to get over what you just saw, and start again. 2. Avoid watching alone, as I did. Other people pointing out the movies flaws can dilute the the overall effect of the source, making it seem like a joke, whilst also making it much easier to watch. 3. Remember, once you start, you can always turn back. It's better to give up while you can, then to live the rest of your life knowing the ending of Copper Mountain. And finally 4. Always be prepared. Hopefully, this review has given you an outline of the worst this picture can throw at you, but, things change when you are actually face to face with it. Keep calm, keep sane, and try and enjoy yourself on Copper Mountain.

If this is a Club Med experience, I'll easily settle to stay in a trailer park.

0.5/10

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Dumb and Dumbest, 7 November 1998
Author: Tito-8 from North Bay, Ontario

You just might lose any respect that you have for Jim Carrey if you watch this bomb, a movie that was REALLY stretched out just to make it to a sixty minute running time. At least half of the film is nothing more than footage of various musical artists singing their songs, and much of the rest is nothing but skiing footage. Sure, you can see a bit of a young Carrey showing off his ability to do different voices, but here it is woefully out-of-place and pointless. Even at only one hour, I still wouldn't recommend that you take the time to watch this snoozer.

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Predictable and Boring, 24 July 2006
1/10
Author: Reg Franklin from Canada

This film was little more than a vehicle for Club Med and Rowdy Ronnie Hawkins. If you actually go thru the movie and time it, The musical numbers get more air time than Carrey or Thicke. Odds are this is something the two of them try to leave off their resumes. I will say Carrey is humorous in most of his appearances, displaying a dead on imitation of Steve Martin in one scene. My interpretation was the director realized that the story was only 20 minutes long and had to insert 40 minutes of concert to ensure it could at least possibly pass as a made for TV Movie.I got this as an Xmas gift, only saw it recently, and am going to trade it in ASAP. It's the thought that counts, but....yeah......

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No Way.. Never should have been made (sorry Carrey), 2 May 2006
1/10
Author: Angimal from Denmark

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Awful

This movie is a 1hour long "live" Concert film with bands I've never heard of. It has no point, no nothing. Carrey travels with a friend to this Ski event and thats about it.. he does a bit of what, he later on has been known for, weird faces and humor.. but in this movie without the humor. Special appearance by Jean Claude Killy, whom I've never heard of before, but this movie changes that.. They show him in front of a helicopter and gives you his entire Resume. Won this, did that etc..

Well.. To sum it up... don't get me wrong, I'm a big carrey fan, but this movie ain't worth it for even the biggest fans.

Regards Jan (DK)

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Horrible!, 5 April 2008
Author: Randy Coates from Canada

Jim Carrey doing average-to-poor impersonations and Ronnie Hawkins performing entire songs on stage just to stretch this incompetent travesty of a "movie" to a sixty minute running time. They should have just done it as a video sketch and left it at that. There is only enough plot here for about three minutes of predictable screen time. What is the point of this movie? Why does the band let some guy walk up on stage and impersonate Sammy Davis Jr for five whole minutes, and provide him with back-up music? Why is Ronnie Hawkins performing for nobody? What was Alan Thicke thinking when he agreed to do this? Obviously they didn't pay him much since the entire budget of this film was obviously about three hundred dollars. At least Jim Carrey has the excuse of this being his first film so he didn't need to care how stupid it made him look...... at least not at the time. I'm sure he regrets it now though. One out of ten.

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So bad it hurts to watch., 13 January 2007
1/10
Author: jgoodburn from Canada

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There is nothing good nor remotely redeeming or endearing about this pile of po0py. Sadly, I spent 99 cents (cdn) on it (about 10 cents US).

A quick check of the director David Mitchell's other films shows that they are all of the same outstanding caliber . . .

The worst part is that I watched this piece of po0py twice. I fell asleep about 10 minutes in, and when I woke up to the ending Rita Coolidge LIVE! segment, I thought "geeze, must have missed the good stuff." Turns out the ending credits are the good stuff.

It doesn't even count as ski porn.

Basically, this was a p!$$-poor winter-vacation for Canadian "celebrities" that was probably funded by the Canadian tax payers in the form of tax-write-offs and credits.

SPOILER WARNING: Here's the summary of this 60 minutes of po0py: 0-10 minutes: Opening credits, done on home computer, over beauty shots of Colorado, with the worst theme song I've ever heard, with singing out of key, etc. She couldn't keep a note if her life depended on it. Some minor banter between the driver (Thicke) and passenger (Carey) about the latter's inability to pick up women.

11-15: Informercial bit. Check in at Club Med. More banter. Check out ski bunnies. Talk to some french ski pro who speaks glowingly of Club Med, and their peculiar take on resorts. Frenchie talks through his resume and trophy list.

16-30: Jim Carrey does Sammy Davis Junior impression on an open microphone, and finds that the band is p!$$ed off at him. Band is moments later impressed by his abilities, and decides to play a tune. Actually it becomes 10 tunes. Not much dialogue.

31-37: Thicke meets up with some guy who looks like George Hamilton and they take off in helicopter. Not much dialogue. Some big mountain skiing ensues. Only good part of film, other than opening and closing credits.

38-50: Back to music video of unknown band, interspersed with some ski competition that Thicke loses. Can't remember details. Was sleeping.

51-55: Jim Carey goes for beginner ski lessons and chases ski bunny onto double-black diamond run. Makes it thru trees without killing self (too bad). People at base are impressed at his prowess. Breaks groin at bottom of hill, and meets two ski bunnies who take sympathy on him.

56-60: End roll over Rita Coolidge at Club Med "Bar" . . . Ronnie Hawkins plays himself as backup to Rita Coolidge.

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And here I've been watching comedies under the impression that they needed plot and, well, comedy, 17 October 2007
1/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

The first movie Jim Carrey ever made, and the biggest surprise found herein is that the man actually got(or had) a career after it. The story revolves around two friends in the mountains, one of them there for a woman. They also go skiing. Yup, it's essentially Dumb & Dumber(yes, I realize that that came out more than a decade later, release dates are not the point), only, you know, not funny... at all. The cinematography is dull. The editing is lazy. To paraphrase Mystery Science Theater 3000: "This movie establishes the *heck* out of its location!" Had all of the shots of the area been taken out of the film, the running time might drop a noticeable percentage, although the same could be said for the music performances, but at least the music was reasonably good(really the only thing I can think of to say anything positive about). Technically speaking, this is just ugly. Film quality is poor and sound is no better. The humor is just not funny. Carrey spends much of the time doing impressions, but he's more embarrassing than entertaining to watch. The film keeps throwing celebrities at you, I guess to make up for, well, having nothing else to offer. The pacing is nonexistent. The running time is one hour, and this still manages to be a trial to sit through. What tiny iota of actual, bona-fide plot there is manages to be powerfully derivative, unoriginal and bland. Dialog is carelessly used for exposition, and there is done less than nothing to hide this fact. In the end, the whole thing just comes off as a long commercial for Club Med. The good news about this movie? It ends. I recommend this to, heck, I don't know, people who hate Carrey and want to see him at what could be argued to be his worst. 1/10

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worst film ever!, 4 August 2006
1/10
Author: chalker1 from Australia

i no that sounds very comic book guy but this really is the worst film ever made its so bad you have to see it and i would even like to see IMDb change its rules about votes cause i really think its that bad. if you think porno acting is and and the story lines in the pornos oh and the music to then you have to watch this cause it really does make any porno movie look good i think thats where they got the band anyway. there is about 90seconds of humor that even rates as funny and compared to the stuff carrey does no the 90seconds wouldn't even make the cut in any of his movies now. if i could have 1 wish i would be to meet the righter of the movie and the people that picked it up. i can understand the cast and stuff crew wanting to do this film it would have been carrey first shot in a lead and its not like he was an A lister at the time and the support cast and crew well money is money, but the 2 people i don't understand are the righter 1 cause could he tell it was crap when he wrote it and same with the producer and stuff i couldn't look at the script and say this is going to make me a star i need to be in this movie. all i can come up with is that maybe they stole mel brooks idea of making a movie that would be a flop so they would make money mmmmmmmm i think I'm on to something

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Stupefyingly awful, 4 January 2006
2/10
Author: farce4u from WA

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In short, avoid this like the plague unless you're a glutton for pain and misery. This is the one of the worst films I've ever seen, and I've seen "Manos: The Hands of Fate." It's the antithesis of good cinema. You know it's a dud when you see the film crew in the reflections of the actors' sunglasses and hear two different songs clashing simultaneously over a skiing montage for several minutes.

You might enjoy it if you like hicks with huge aviators singing lousy renditions of classic songs or stock video footage of amateur skiers slogging down the slopes. Jim Carrey's character is a clumsy oaf who does impulse celebrity impressions, one of which was a pretty good Steve Martin, the rest of which were pathetically unfunny and instantly forgettable, like the entire film.

Skip this one.

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