Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Reviews
Common Sense Media
Skip it unless you love Carrey's gross-out humor.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Top CriticI found the movie a long, unfunny slog through an impenetrable plot.
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| Original Score: 1/4
The comic momentum sputters long before the running time has elapsed.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
The most obnoxious case of masculine swagger since Andrew Dice Clay, with just a tad of Paul Lynde thrown in for spice, Jim Carrey defies you not to bolt for the exit.
Unlike famous bumbling sleuths such as Inspector Clouseau and Lt. Frank Drebin, there's no consistency to the "Ace" character, and the whole movie shifts in tone from social satire to sophomoric pranks and traditional copshow plotting.
Movie Metropolis
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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| Original Score: 4/10
Only a child could love Mr. Carrey's character, but that may be the point. The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old.
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| Original Score: 2/5
rec.arts.movies.reviews
One of those films that explain why some critics don't like Carrey.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Reno Gazette-Journal
Among the stupidest of stupid comedies. Jim Carrey is typically manic, but shows none of the acting nuances on display in films like The Majestic.
| Original Score: 1/5
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Jim Carrey is at his annoying worst here. His manic, over-the-top style doesn't mesh well with lockerroom humor.
| Original Score: 1/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
There's bad and then there's this.
| Original Score: 0/5
Internet Reviews
Without any of the refinements he has shown in some of his latter films, Jim Carrey, as Ace Ventura, keeps the humor in this one insufferably crude.
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| Original Score: 1/4
