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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:18

Rotten:19

Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Pet detective Ace Ventura may be a clumsy, bumbling fool, but he always gets the job done. His latest assignment: to recover the Miami Dolphins' mascot, a.k.a. Snowflake. Poor little Snowflake has... Pet detective Ace Ventura may be a clumsy, bumbling fool, but he always gets the job done. His latest assignment: to recover the Miami Dolphins' mascot, a.k.a. Snowflake. Poor little Snowflake has been dolphin-napped -- but luckily, Ace is on the case. [More]

Starring: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc

Starring: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Dan Marino

Director: Tom Shadyac

Director: Tom Shadyac

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Sep 30, 1997

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12/08/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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Carrey has no funny lines and no funny gags; what he's left with is acting silly, striking poses, and making faces at the camera.

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09/06/06
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
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N/R

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

A career-making film for Jim Carrey and still his funniest offering.

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10/27/05
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

An absolute torture test.

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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Loose-limbed, rubber-mouthed and poodle-hyper, Carrey is the screen's next great clown.

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08/12/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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07/15/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/29/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Jim Carrey's first hit is physical shtick all the way.

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06/12/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

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04/21/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

No review available.

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02/25/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Guilty pleasure.

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06/12/04
Rich Cline
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05/27/04
Austin O'Connor
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun

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02/18/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

If you've seen the first minute, you've seen it all.

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01/05/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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11/05/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
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More than sufficiently entertaining.

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08/04/03
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

Jim before he found his voice...

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07/03/03
Karina Montgomery
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Cinerina
N/R

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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