Carrey's also not over the top enough to really steal the show, which is nice, and his regular vivacity actually matches everything else in the movie rather than overshadowing it all.

I was rather pleasantly surprised at Jim Carrey's performance. His penchant for overacting, though subdued, suited the character and wasn't actually annoying for once. I was also quite impressed with the narration, which I assume is lifted directly from the books. Aside from Jude Law upholding a fine tradition of British-accented narrators, the digs at other children's novels were highly amusing.