>>>Jim Carey!!!
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>>>>Fortunately his career appears to be shot, at least the dumb movie phase of it. (I thought "The Truman Show" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" were terrific). Unfortunately there is a new generation of jerks who have followed in his footsteps, i.e. anything to get a laugh. Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller spring to mind.
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>>>I find Adam Sandler completely unwatchable - but then there is Punch Drunk Love for which he should have received an Oscar. I was stunned at how much I liked that movie.
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>>Was that the one where he had an uncontrollable temper and was always starting fights (I'm not thinking "Anger Management" here), maybe played golf in it? If so I totally didn't like the char he played there.
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>You don't have to like the character. That doesn't mean it was not a good job of acting. Heck, the list of Oscar winners is filled with people who played unlikeable characters.

Hmmm, but generally you have to like the supposedly likeable main prot. in a comedy. But I know what you mean - you're not supposed to like Hannibal Lecter.