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Overview
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Release Date:
4 February 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)
Plot:
A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins
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3 nominations
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(14 articles)
Weekly Poll Results: Favourite Jim Carrey Movie
(From FilmJunk. 12 November 2009, 9:44 AM, PST)
Jim Carrey's Website Will Burrow Into Your Brain As 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' Hits Theaters
(From MTV Movies Blog. 6 November 2009, 5:50 AM, PST)
(From FilmJunk. 12 November 2009, 9:44 AM, PST)
Jim Carrey's Website Will Burrow Into Your Brain As 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' Hits Theaters
(From MTV Movies Blog. 6 November 2009, 5:50 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Sure, this is cheeseball comedy, but Jim Carrey makes it memorable.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jim Carrey | ... | Ace Ventura |
 | Courteney Cox | ... | Melissa Robinson |
 | Sean Young | ... | Lt. Lois Einhorn / Ray Finkle |
 | Tone Loc | ... | Emilio (as Tone Lõc) |
| Dan Marino | ... | Himself |
| Noble Willingham | ... | Riddle |
| Troy Evans | ... | Roger Podacter |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Woodstock |
 | Udo Kier | ... | Ron Camp |
 | Frank Adonis | ... | Vinnie |
| Tiny Ron | ... | Roc |
| David Margulies | ... | Doctor |
| John Capodice | ... | Aguado |
 | Judy Clayton | ... | Martha Mertz |
| Bill Zuckert | ... | Mr. Finkle |
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Rated PG-13 for off-color humor and some nudity.
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Runtime:
86 min | Turkey:78 min (TV version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:PG (cut) |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
South Korea:12 |
USA:PG-13 (Certificate #32779) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Iceland:L |
Italy:T |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:11 |
Peru:PT |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12
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Courteney Coxcharacter, Melissa Robinson, was named after original writer 'Jack Bernstein''s daughter Melissa.
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Factual errors: Ace refers to Super XXVII (17) as the game that Finkle blew by Marino having the laces out. The Dolphins did lose Super Bowl 17, but it was one year before Marino's rookie season in the NFL. Dan Marino only played in Super Bowl 19 with the Dolphins.
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Referenced in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
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How did Critics recieve the film?Is there any news of future Ace Ventura adventures?
Where did they come up with the idea of Ray Finkle missing a game-winning field goal?
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Ace Ventura is the kind of comedy that stems directly from a TV show, and in this case, that show was probably In Living Color, where Carrey got most of his publicity before he became famous as a movie actor. A quick look through Carrey's filmography will prove that Ace Ventura is the film that really acted as a springboard for his career. He had a few small roles in films previous to Ace Ventura, the largest of which was probably his role as one of the aliens in the awful film Earth Girls Are Easy, but after Ace Ventura, his career skyrocketed. The Mask (hey, he's still new, give the guy a break), Dumb & Dumber, a sequel to Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, The Cable Guy (oops), The Truman Show (ah, better), Man On The Moon, Me, Myself & Irene, The Grinch, and there's no end in sight.
Sure, Ace Ventura does not compare to half of these movies, and is clearly more on the side of the bone-headed comedy that he was doing on In Living Color, but his talent is unmistakable. I first saw this movie when I was in high school, and I remember that I would ditch school and go to the theater to see it and I would laugh hysterically until my sides hurt every time I saw it. There's something about seeing a slob at a tremendously rich party who just doesn't care about the etiquette of the rich people. Did anyone not laugh when he was `testing' the food at Ron Kamp's I'm-the-richest-man-in-the-universe party and stuck his tongue out at that poor guy next to him? That whole scene at that party is classic!
And, of course, it only gets better with Ace's dealings with Lois Einhorn. The whole crying game idea may have gone a little too far, but it was always amusing. Jim Carrey saves Ace Ventura from sinking to the totally brainless level of more recent crapfests as the Scary Movies, and even makes this into one of the better comedies of 1994. This is not the type of movie that is likely to win any awards, but you will remember the hilarious dialogue and Jim Carrey's immediately recognizable rubber-faced antics in this film that served as a spring board to his career, which later brought us many more excellent movies. Way to go, Jim.