Copper Mountain (1983 TV Movie) User Reviews

Copper Mountain!

[Marmidukestank · 1/10 · 15 July 2005]

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

Plot! Plot, where are you?

[Laitue_Gonflable · 1/10 · 25 November 2002]

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.

Dumb and Dumbest

[Tito-8 · 2/10 · 7 November 1998]

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.

Horrible!

[randycoates · 5 April 2008]

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.

Predictable and Boring

[regfranklin · 1/10 · 24 July 2006]

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......

This movie sucked.

[Offspring_sleepy · 1/10 · 30 May 2005]

I bought this movie and I AM going to complain about the six dollars I spent on it. I expected a bad movie, with a young Jim Carrey and Allen Thicke in an unknown movie, how could I not. But this was horrible. It wasn't a movie at all. It was just a promotional video for club med. The sound was awful, they turned Carrey into the least funny person on the planet (and I think he's hilarious)...it was worse than Rubberface!!! (Which goes on my worst ten short films ever made). Don't see it, whatever you do. It's too bad to even make fun of. I'm glad Carrey got famous or else he might still be doing this stuff. At least he didn't do Son of the Mask though.

And here I've been watching comedies under the impression that they needed plot and, well, comedy

[TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews · 1/10 · 17 October 2007]

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

a bad movie with a really long music scene

[dgz69er · 1/10 · 18 September 2004]

well i'm glad to know that i'm not the only one who got ripped off by wal-mart. hehe

anyhow i was at good old wally world tonight and saw this movie. The name caught my eye cause I actually get a season pass to copper mountain every year. So i was like i wonder if this was filmed their. So i read the box and thought it can't be that bad. I couldn't be more wrong. The only upside to the movie was the beginning and seeing places that I drive by every week during the ski season, and trying to figure out where they were on the mountain. Thats about the most props that i can give the movie.

As for the movie itself, well i have always wanted to see a movie that was about 15 minutes long and the rest of it is watching some musical acts that i have never liked.

If you need to punish your children force them to watch this movie. That would be punishment enough for just about anything they have done wrong.

Also one last note, don't let this movie affect the possibility of any trip to copper mountain, its quite an excellent ski resort.

No Way.. Never should have been made (sorry Carrey)

[Angimal · 1/10 · 2 May 2006]

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)

before they're famous

[SnoopyStyle · 4/10 · 18 December 2017]

Best friends Bobby Todd (Jim Carrey) and Jackson Reach (Alan Thicke) from small town Grimsby come to a ski resort. Bobby is not a skier and has dreams of performing on stage. Ronnie Hawkins and his friends are doing an outdoor performance. Jackson is looking to enter into the big race. He has to compete for the last spot.

This is before either star gets their big break. The production looks pretty weak as a TV movie. Carrey gets to pull out some impressions. Thicke's character is an arrogant jerk. Ronnie Hawkins and his friends perform a few songs. The plot is a mess of unengaging characters. This is a movie to listen to some great old songs and see a young Carrey trying out some stuff. Otherwise, it's a bad movie.

Wow

[nichkeiy · 1/10 · 12 November 2003]

Wow is all i can say. This movie was so bad it's something to be marveled at. I've just been looking at the voting statistics for old Crappy Mountain and can not say how proud I am to be the one female under 18 to have given it a vote of 1. I'm only distressed at the one male under 18 who gave it a vote of 10 (what in carnations!!??) making the average for under 18's a crazy 5.5

This movie is highly recommended as you can't help feeling privileged to have witnessed the worse movie of all time.

What did you expect? Low expectations gives better results.

[RooKieRaCeR04 · 9/10 · 17 May 2004]

If you go in expecting this to be the worst thing you've ever seen, you will come out happy from the experience. If you going in expecting a lot of a 1983 short film with Alan Thicke and a young Jim Carrey...you're just plain ignorant.

I saw someone complain about spending $5 on it...well, I spent $8 to buy this and am not at all disappointed. I am of course I huge fan of Jim Carrey, to fork up $8 for this. The scene where Jim imitates Sammy Davis Jr. is worth the money alone...and also the singer following him isn't that bad either, heh.

All in all...people are just ignorant if they expect anything less than a sub-par movie.

This is a definite must if you can find it and am a die-hard Jim Carrey fan...or Alan Thicke fan for that matter. Just watch it and enjoy it and don't much such a fuss about it.

Fun time capsule of 80s skiing

[BigStinky · 7/10 · 23 March 2021]

This is a Canadian tv movie that was 100% a dramatic infomertial to get Canadians to stay at the defunct Club Med at Copper Mountain in Colorado. There's no plot, it's just to show you around how things work there. It's bizarre and a lot of fun under the influence if you know what you're getting into. Lines like "This place is way better than Whistler!!". The acting is clearly staff and ski professionals so it's horrible and hysterical. Jim and Allen do a buddy thing that's cringe but again entertaining with a good buzz. Enjoy and don't expect a real movie.

Effing Worst Movie Ever...

[hawkteflon · 1/10 · 4 November 2005]

I can't even begin to tell you how bad this movie is. The only thing worse than seeing this movie is the fact that it plays automatically all over again when it's over. This is a glorified music video of horrible music. Jim Carey should not be on the cover of this movie either, as he is in about 15 to 20% of the whole thing. They should have had whoever the musical artist was. I honestly don't even know the plot of this movie, and I'm not kidding. I laughed so hard out loud ... when I had to read the back of the DVD case to remember what it was supposed to be about. The sound? They interlaced two songs (one in your right speaker, one in your left) that don't even match. If you want an idea for a good movie, read the back of this DVD case, and follow that plot, as the director sure steered clear of it. Alan Thicke ... I thought I knew ye! Oh, and I gave it one star only because I couldn't find the "Give me my money back" option.

junk junk junk

[zenmaster157 · 10 October 2004]

I like many other bought this movie at walmart. And although the box hipe's it as the funniest laughter packed move , it is sadly without any saving grace.

I sat through the first 10 minutes thinking o.k. this is the joke ... it will get better.

never did. don't waste your money unless you want frustration !

if I could I'd say its the worst movie ever made and give it a -20 for my pain and suffering. Jim Carey must be sad that first they would hipe such trash , second using his name and reputation.

we all start some where but some times thats better forgotten .

this movie should have be shelved for good.

Worst ski movie ever made.

[brad2 · 1/10 · 31 January 2005]

It was painfully hilarious to suffer through. I've seen Plan 9 from Outer Space, I've seen Lord Love a Duck. I've probably seen a few surf movies, which genre this one would fit. At any time in the movie everything else is louder than the dialog. One has to wonder if the Arab routine ended on the cutting room floor with everything else. It was clear as soon as they started the filler music (well okay, if you're a Rita Coolidge or Ronnie Hawkins fan, maybe not filler) 2 minutes into the movie, that this plot was not devised by Machiavelli. Not that there are a lot of good ski movies (aside from Warren Miller and Teton Gravity), but Snowball Express is a tour de force compared with this (same comic schtick of having the greenhorn ski down advanced slopes, only in the Snowball Express he supposedly does it backwards). I think this movie could be helped by Woody Allen dubbing it into Japanese.

Stupefyingly awful

[farce4u · 2/10 · 4 January 2006]

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.

So bad it hurts to watch.

[jgoodburn · 1/10 · 13 January 2007]

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.

Slayer than Christmas

[alexmoerman86 · 1/10 · 23 January 2008]

I would prefer to staple my fagina (which I would have to grow first), than watch this festering gunt scab of a film (again).

I literally wigged out and had to turn it off (with my toe) after consuming marajuana. If I was pregnant, I dare say the child would not have survived the associated noise.

Despite this, I have seen the venereal masterpiece several times. I am about to watch it again. Gunt save me.

Billy Frankenstein is a movie I have not seen, stay tuned for a review shortly.

Copper Mountain 2 (otherwise known as the apocalypse; see "Revelations") is due out my armhole this fall.

Seriously, watch this film, it is an absurd (absurb) truth that Jim Carrey's career continued after this atrocity. WHAT PHUCKING MOVIE RUNS LESS THAN AN HOUR (besides bambi, which was totally sweet {and sad}).

Ps. I put the bop in the bop shoowop shoowop.

Pps. This movie is awesome and you can get it from ebay fairly cheap, and is absolutely a steal if you can score it for under $30

Copper Mountain is an awful movie that I did n't laugh at at all

[dobbin-4 · 3/10 · 1 July 2007]

This movies plot if it has one is that 2 guys go to club med for a big adventure and supposedly do have a big adventure there are loads of things wrong with this movie 1: Jim Carrey and Alan Thickes character are supposedly best friends but they only see each other for around 5 minutes 2: for no reason at all every 5 minutes or so they(Random bands) break into song,3: Jim Carreys character says he can't stay himself in front of women so he starts doing impersonations of people like Steve Martin and Sammy Davis Junior?,4. he hops onto a stage with a band on it and talks to them for a while then bursts out singing while they are not happy at him and then they start to like him and he ends up singing around 5 songs and many more. Also at the end he says whats next meaning they've had a big adventure but I would like to believe they had. Overall I would love to like this movie and I will be generous and rate it 31%.

You'll love this if you love Ronnie Hawkins!

[the-dead-dude · 1/10 · 21 November 2005]

Wow, what a horrible movie. After watching this, I still wasn't too sure what it was supposed to be about. From what I understood, it looks like the two main characters were supposed to be Bobby Todd and Jackson Reach, played by Jim Carrey and Alan Thicke. Now, these two guys go to some Club Med ski resort. Bobby's there to try and pick up girls, and Alan's there to become the Ski Champion of some contest. So that's basically what the movie's about. Bobby has this problem where he does funny impersonations every time he tries to talk with a girl. The bad part about the film is that they did a bad job of filming Jim Carreys impersonations, and on top of that, they really weren't even that funny.

Now, you noticed I said you're gonna love this if you love that Ronnie Hawkin guy. That's because there are about four full song's in this short 60 minute film. A typical song lasts five minutes, right? So you got 20 minutes of solid music there. I guess the only real plus to this is that this is how it would be if this wasn't a movie and you were at the real event taking place.

Overall, I'd say to stay away from this movie. I think the only reason anyone today even consider's seeing this movie is because Jim Carrey is in it. I know that's why I watched it, even though everyone said to stay away from it. You have to remember, this movie co-stars Carrey and Thicke, so the screen time's split between them, and don't forget all the music that there is. I think you really only get to see Carrey for about 15 minutes total in this film.

Only for a Jim Carrey completest

[LebowskiT1000 · 5/10 · 13 April 2006]

There's no way around it, this is a very bad movie, the plot is virtually absent, the dialog is nothing great and the film quality is as if they filmed it with an everyday camcorder (from 1983). So, don't start watching this film expecting a well-written hilarious Jim Carrey film, as you will be quite disappointed.

The only people that will have any interest in watching this film are the die-hard Jim Carrey fans (such as myself)...or I guess Alan Thicke fans. Other than that, there is really no need to see this film. Although, it is only 60 minutes, so it's a rather short film to watch.

If you still feel the urge to watch this film, just keep in mind that this is Jim Carrey's first lead, and pretty much his first film all together, so don't expect anything great. Thanks for reading.

Cheap, Cheap, Cheap

[rockinrollindan · 10/10 · 11 August 2004]

It's surprising that Jim Carrey ever became famous after seeing this film. He stumbles into one after another cheap, unfunny impersonations and bad jokes while trying to get laid. 50's rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins is in this film at a very bad time in his career. Rita Coolege also performs some boring songs. The star, Alan Thicke does some serious over acting and is also not funny at all.

No real plot here... but a must see for fans of cheap cinema. Not half as good as "Three Way Weekend" or "Hot dog", but I recommend watching it for the hell of it. Who knows, "Copper Mountain" may have started the "sleazy skiing" movie genre. A must see 10/10.

Best movie of 83!!!!

[johnfunky · 7/10 · 19 December 2009]

This little gem is what I like to call a masterpiece. Jim carreys best work. Actually its extremely difficult to watch all the way through. They fill the empty storyline with live music performances and the bands aren't enjoyable to watch or listen to. boringboringboring. Bad writing bad directing bad everything.There are some good one liners in the mix of complete garbage and there only good because there so bad. I dare you to butter up some popcorn sit your tush down in your recliner and pop this sucker in and watch it beginning to end without fast forwarding. Its almost physically impossible unless you have some medicinal marijuana.

Copper Mountain is truly a classic

[blind1st · 1/10 · 16 December 2006]

This is most likely a Club Med infomercial. On the other hand it could be the left over plot less footage of some privately funded movie that sort of drizzled out as the film crew ran out of booze. I was also thinking it could have been a one day project, thought up during one of Chris Farley's coke binges.

This movie also holds strong evidence that Jason Lee will get old, invent a time machine, travel back to 1983, go to Club Med while they're filming Copper Mountain, and start singing soul music.

I love Jim Carrey, and it's the only reason I bought this movie, but he's only got like 15 minutes of footage. I think the movie was really about Alan Thike. Sort of a "Growing Pains" portfolio piece.