Rotten
Whatever possessed director Lawrence Guterman and writer Lance Khazei to transform the sequel to 1994's libidinous hit comedy into pabulum?
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Son of the Mask
Who's next?
2005 · 1h 34m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Lawrence Guterman
Overview
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Director and cast
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6%
Tomatometer
Rotten
No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like Son Of The Mask, but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
In the five years I've been co-hosting this show, this is the closest I've ever come to walking out halfway through the film, and now that I look back on the experience, I wish I had.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
If you are the son of Frankenstein, Flubber, Dracula, Lassie, Ali Baba, Sinbad, Billy the Kid, Davy Crockett, Robin Hood, Tarzan or Satan, you have to accept that the movie about you is likely not as good or memorable as the one about your dad.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Rotten
A film top-heavy with joyless Tex Avery-style special effects and a dancing-baby bit embarrassingly reminiscent of TV's Ally McBeal.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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