Ace Ventura: I do not care
★ 1/2 out of ★★★★
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Runtime: 86 minutes
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for off-color humor and some nudity.
Ace Ventura shows you what a monkey Jim Carrey can be. He can act like an autistic lunatic dressed up in an off-beat kiddie suit and likes to jump on tables to humiliate his colleagues in his office like a four-year-old. I'm surprised this is the movie that kickstarted Carrey's career. If it was 'The Truman Show' that made his career skyrocket, I'd believe the hype a little more.
It appears to me that the only thing Ace Ventura excels in is in its comedy, mainly coming from the energetic performance of the to-be superstar Jim Carrey. His character stupidly and offensively handles a delivery package by kicking and throwing it and does ridiculous actions like using his bottom to make signs while saying, 'Can I 'ass' you a question?' that cracked me up a little.
The synopsis of the film is about Ace Ventura, a private detective who specializes in finding lost animals. When Snowflake, a football team's aquatic mascot, goes missing, he is called to investigate.
Besides the laughable scenes, the plot of Ace Ventura is too silly and dull for older audiences like me to appreciate. From a Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino's disappearance to a disgraced member of the football club named Ray Finkle to the main characters encircled by the police, I frequently found myself on the verge of dozing off. I also felt that I was laughing inconsistently throughout the movie.
Besides the laughable scenes, the plot of Ace Ventura is too silly and dull for older audiences like me to appreciate. From a Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino's disappearance to a disgraced member of the football club named Ray Finkle to the main characters encircled by the police, I frequently found myself on the verge of dozing off. I also felt that I was laughing inconsistently throughout the movie.
The characters and their so-called 'relationships' suffer greatly too. There was rarely any chemistry between the leading stars, Carrey and Courteney Cox. It felt like they met each other for the first time, and barely fifteen minutes later, they go to bed. We are also bombarded by laughable dialogue like "Listen, pet dick. How would you like me to make your life a living hell?"
Carrey's performance, peculiar faces, idiosyncratic actions, and charisma rescued Ace Ventura from becoming an absolute hellhole. Please, I beg you, please do not waste an arduous 86 minutes of your life watching Ace Ventura, once you a gripped a sense of logic in watching movies.
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