Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

3.00
    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
    1994

    Synopsis

    He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

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    Cast

    • Jim CarreyAce Ventura
    • Courteney CoxMelissa Robinson
    • Sean YoungLt. Lois Einhorn
    • Tone LocEmilio (as Tone Lōc)
    • Dan MarinoDan Marino
    • Noble WillinghamRiddle
    • Troy EvansRoger Podacter
    • Raynor ScheineWoodstock
    • Udo KierRon Camp
    • Frank AdonisVinnie

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Washington Post

      Treat this project as you would a safari: It has its slow parts but the wildlife makes it worthwhile.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      He's so over-energized from the start you keep thinking he'll wear out his welcome pronto; an hour and a half later, his lunacy is still hard to take your eyes off. [04Feb1994 Pg. F6]
    • 50

      The New York Times

      The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old.
    • 40

      Empire

      Neither terrible, boring nor soporific, just not very funny.
    • 38

      ReelViews

      From the start, it's obvious that this is a vehicle for his comedy, and it mostly works -- for about ten to fifteen minutes. After that, Carrey's act gradually grows less humorous and more tiresome, and the laughter in the audience seems forced.
    • 30

      Austin Chronicle

      Manic energy is the term that comes most readily to mind when describing Ace Ventura.
    • 25

      Chicago Sun-Times

      I found the movie a long, unfunny slog through an impenetrable plot. Kids might like it.
    • 20

      Chicago Reader

      The most obnoxious case of masculine swagger since Andrew Dice Clay, with just a tad of Paul Lynde thrown in for spice, Jim Carrey defies you not to bolt for the exit while playing the title hero in this 1994 comic mystery.

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