Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 11
It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Carrey's manic bombast, Diaz's blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4
It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Carrey's manic bombast, Diaz's blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat.
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Hyperactive mayhem results when a mild-manned banker discovers an ancient mask that transforms him into a zany prankster with superhuman powers in this special-effects-intensive comedy. The wildly improvisational Jim Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a decent-hearted but socially awkward guy who one night finds a strange mask. Carrey's trademark energy reveals itself after Stanley puts on the mask and the banker transforms into The Mask, a green-skinned, zoot-suited fireball. The rubber-faced Mask
Jul 29, 1994 Wide
Feb 6, 2001
New Line Cinema
All Critics (44) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (11) | DVD (19)
Carrey now has the clout to find a vehicle worthy of his hyperactive gooniness. When he does, we'll see if he's truly a jester for our time or simply the moron of the moment.
Adroitly directed, viscerally and visually dynamic and just plain fun.
The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded.
Bright-eyed, crazily intense, irrepressibly silly, Mr. Carrey can be funny without fireworks. He deserves material clever enough to let him do just that.
Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin'.
The Mask is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey, who underwhelmed me with Ace Ventura, Pet Detective but here seems to have found a story and character that work together with manic energy.
When in the guise of The Mask, Carrey becomes, in almost every sense of the term, a cartoon superhero. (Blu-ray Edition)
...a kind of Roger Rabbit on steroids that still holds up well after all these years.
The Mask is highly enjoyable -- if you can bear Carrey's constant tics and mugging.
Though the story has a certain universal appeal -- who hasn't felt like a useless jerk and wished to wake up capable of anything? -- the execution is oddly sour and distasteful.
This special effects extravaganza is s good star vehicle for Jim Carrey, exhibiting his skills and his shticks; in a small part, the sexy Cameron Diaz is bound to become a leading lady.
[It] wouldn't have been possible without Jim Carrey, who commands the physically demanding lead role with exuberant confidence.
The design is bright as a button and the transformation scenes real eye-poppers, but the film's best special effect is putty-faced Carrey with his razzle-dazzle star turn as the affable Stanley and his manic alter ego.
Cartoony fun with a bombastic Jim Carrey.
Despite everything, it's still a marvellously energetic movie.
Holds up surprisingly well...
CG overkill salvaged by Carrey's maniacal performance.
The Mask is the funniest film I have ever seen in my life. It's the film that started my love for the talented Jim Carrey. His enthusiasm and rubber faced antics really bring the comic book hero to life and the acting from Cameron Diaz as Stanley Ipkiss' love interest cannot be wthout praise. It's the rare slapstick
August 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
The sort of film you can put on a saturday afternoon and actually pay attention to, funny in a way and a fun story and all round.
October 29, 2011Super Reviewer
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