A transparently minimal effort in which many jokes and pivotal plot points are grossly inappropriate for children.
Son of the Mask (2005)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:7
Rotten:90
Average Rating:2.8/10
Consensus: Overly frantic, painfully unfunny, and sorely missing the presence of Jim Carrey.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for action, crude and suggestive humor, and language
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Feb 18, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $16,967,576
Synopsis: This time around, the star of the film is Jamie Kennedy (MALIBU'S MOST WANTED), who plays Tim Avery, a young husband with a fear of fatherhood. Unfortunately, he is about to become just that,... This time around, the star of the film is Jamie Kennedy (MALIBU'S MOST WANTED), who plays Tim Avery, a young husband with a fear of fatherhood. Unfortunately, he is about to become just that, alongside his excited wife Tonya (Traylor Howard). What makes an already bad situation worse is Tim's eventual realization that his son was conceived under the powers of the eternal Mask of Loki, which has turned his son into an uncontrollable monster. Then there's the arrival of the actual Loki (Alan Cumming), an evil figure who has come to reclaim his mask and win the approval of his overly critical father, Odin (Bob Hoskins). As Tim battles against Loki and tries to return his son to normalcy, he learns what being a good father is all about. [More]
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Traylor Howard
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Traylor Howard, Ryan Falconer, Ben Stein, Stephen Wright
Director: Larry Guterman
Director: Larry Guterman
Screenwriter: Lance Khazei
Producer: Scott Kroopf, Erica Huggins
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: New Line Cinema
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Reviews for Son of the Mask
... a harried, screechy film that goes nowhere at a breakneck pace, full of sound and furious slapstick overkill but devoid of wit.
Congratulations, it's a talking, dancing, top-hat-wearing boy! Just like in those incredibly innovative Quiznos commercials and that sitcom that got cancelled a while back.
If this sounds more like a horror movie than a family matinee to you, then you obviously don't work for New Line Cinema,
I’ve seen some sorry excuses for sequels in my time. But Son of the Mask reeks in a category all its own.
If your idea of a good time is watching your favorite cartoon classics butchered by a CGI dog and a creepy baby resembling a deleted scene from The Polar Express, then...
[Cumming] lights up the screen with a spike-haired character that surrenders to camp and runs with it with a wildly jubilant abandon
No matter how much you paid or were paid to watch this capophagic mess, son, you been robbed.
It's not just an absence of Mr. Carrey that poses the problem. It's an absence of an intriguing story.
Icky and incompetent (special effects aside) in equal parts, this groaner makes 1994's The Mask look like something you'd study in a film graduate course at NYU.
None of the sequences take time to develop and buildup; they're just thrown at us mindlessly.
The film starts promisingly ... but our laughter stops the moment the special effects kick in.
While the bright colors and occasional chuckles might amuse the younger set, this film will seem tediously long to the adult audiences who may even be outraged at the way they've blatantly and badly ripped off the Tex Avery style and plots.
Guterman is settling into a niche that blends live action with computer-animated effects, but all those high-tech hijinks are wasted with a sub-par plot line and idiotic action.
It's repetitious, overpowering and ultimately rather tiring, wearing out its welcome too soon. Plus, that darn baby just scares me.
It's astonishing how dull a movie that packs so much visual overstimulation into its frames can be.
Ten years ago it was cool to be s-s-s-mokin'. This is the punishment for enjoying that.
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