Rotten
Carrey suggests an escaped mental patient impersonating a game-show host.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)
1994 · 1h 26m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Tom Shadyac
,
Gary Munch
Overview
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!
Director and cast
- Tom Shadyac Director
- Gary Munch Director
- Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura
- Sean Young as Lt. Lois Einhorn/Ray Finkel
- Courteney Cox as Melissa Robinson
- Tone Loc as Emilio
- Dan Marino as Dan Marino
- Noble Willingham as Riddle
- Troy Evans as Roger Podacter
- Raynor Scheine as Woodstock
- Udo Kier as Ron Camp
- Frank Adonis Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[Carrey's] comic language is made up of accent marks, not characters; instead of inhabiting a scene, he swallows it up and spits it out in manic doodles.
Michael Sragow, New Yorker
Rotten
Unlike famous bumbling sleuths such as Inspector Clouseau and Lt. Frank Drebin, there's no consistency to the "Ace" character, and the whole movie shifts in tone from social satire to sophomoric pranks and traditional copshow plotting.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Only a child could love Mr. Carrey's character, but that may be the point. The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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