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Plot: Determined to change his life, a man (Carrey) challenges himself to say “yes” to everything for one year. Based on the novel by Danny Wallace.

Plot: An imaginative elephant named Horton hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that is convinced he’s lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Animated. Based on the children’s book by Dr. Seuss.

Plot: When his wife buys him a book for his birthday, dog catcher Walter Sparrow (Carrey) is unimpressed. As he reads the book, however, he begins to discover that he and the degenerate main character share some remarkable similarities. As Walter continues to read, and both he and the main character began obsessing about the number 23, the main character commits a horrible crime…and Walter becomes convinced he’s fated to follow the same path.

Plot: Dick (Carrey) and Jane (Leoni) are happy. Their son, Billy, is happy. Dick has just gotten promoted at his job. But wait - his job has just gone bankrupt. Now he has no job. How will he support his family? He could get another job. No, no one wants poor Dick. What will he and Jane do? A remake of the 1977 film.

Plot: When a mysterious fire kills their parents, three children are sent to live with their uncle, Count Olaf (Carrey), whom they have never met. As it turns out, the Count is out for their inheritance - and doesn’t care about the children at all. In fact, the sooner they die, the quicker he gets the money. Based on the books “The Bad Beginning”, “The Reptile Room” and “The Wide Window” by Lemony Snicket.

Plot: Joel (Carrey) meets Clementine (Winslet). When they go through a bad breakup, Clementine decides to rid herself of Joel by having him erased from her mind in a new medical procedure. When Joel finds out, he decides to go through the same process. But, when Joel changes his mind partway through, will he be able to remember Clementine, or lose her forever?

Plot: Bruce Nolan (Carrey) isn’t having a good day. After getting passed up for a promotion at the local TV station, he gets himself fired, he gets in a fight with his girlfriend Grace (Aniston), goes for a drive to blow off steam and ends up getting in a car wreck. Convinced that God hates him, Bruce challenges God to make Himself known to him. Much to his surprise, God responds, and gives Bruce all of His powers.