The Mask (1994)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 12
It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Jim Carrey's manic bombast, Cameron Diaz' blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 4
It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Jim Carrey's manic bombast, Cameron Diaz' blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat.
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Jim Carrey
The Mask/Stanley Ipk... -
Cameron Diaz
Tina Carlyle -
Peter Riegert
Lt. Mitch Kellaway -
Peter Greene
Dorian Tyrel -
Amy Yasbeck
Peggy Brandt -
Richard Jeni
Charlie Schumacher -
Orestes Matacena
Niko -
Timothy Bagley
Irv -
Nancy Fish
Mrs. Peenman -
Johnny Williams
Burt -
Max
Milo -
B.J. Barie
Alley Punk #1 -
Reg E. Cathey
Freeze -
Blake Clark
Murray -
Robert O'Reilly
The Figure -
Jeremy Roberts
Bobby the Bouncer -
Ben Stein
Dr. Neuman -
Ivory Ocean
Mayor Tilton -
Jim Doughan
Doyle -
Suzanne Dunn
Reporter -
Joely Fisher
Maggie -
Denis Forest
Sweet Eddy -
Nils Allen Stewart
Orlando -
Christopher Darga
Paramedic #3 -
Robert Keith
Police Officer
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All Critics (52) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (12) | DVD (19)
When his face turns green and his limbs get limber, Carrey's pretty much unstoppable. This cartoon-y creation is an amazing fusion of physical comedy and state-of-the- art cinema illusion.
Top CriticThe gangland plot is flimsy (bad guy Peter Greene wears too much eyeliner), and the jokes are erratic, but it's a far better showcase for Carrey's comic-from-Uranus talent than Ace Ventura.
Carrey and his aggressive overbite are back, but this time he's better used as an ingredient instead of as the plot.
If a movie star was born in Ace Ventura, he is christened in The Mask. Quite simply, this is the best and freest crazy comedy to come along since Beetlejuice.
Not only is he adept at physical humor, the kind of knockabout stuff that recalls the classic silent clowns, but Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing.
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.
Carrey may be the finest comic to come along since Robin Williams.
Adults should also be advised that the previews show most of the good effects, and are 100 minutes shorter.
Carrey, the star of the surprising hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and a regular on TV's In Living Color, acquits himself well in a part of sublime goofiness.
...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.
Cartoony fun with a bombastic Jim Carrey.
Despite everything, it's still a marvellously energetic movie.
CG overkill salvaged by Carrey's maniacal performance.
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Movies Like The Mask
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- The Mask/Stanley Ipkiss: Look mom, I'm roadkill. Ha Ha!
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- Lt. Mitch Kellaway: Put your hands up.
- The Mask/Stanley Ipkiss: But you told me to freeze.
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- The Mask/Stanley Ipkiss: Did you miss me? [he drinks and goes through is holes] I guess not!
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- Peggy Brandt: Do you know how hard it is to find a decent man in this town? Most of them think monogamy is some kind of wood.
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- The Mask/Stanley Ipkiss: [after smashing a cartoonish alarm clock with a giant mallet] SNOOZE!
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- The Mask/Stanley Ipkiss: Look at that! It's exactly three seconds before I honk your nose and pull your underwear over your head.
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