It's irritating. And bizarre. Double bill it with the also freakish Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2 and you might have something -- a new kind of accidental horror film.
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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.
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,... [More]
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Traylor Howard
Director: Larry Guterman
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Reviews for Son of the Mask
Guterman falls into the same trap he set for himself in the equally lifeless Cats & Dogs. There's nothing funny going on around those zany visuals.
02/18/05
It's all very juvenile, yet there's a level of imagination one wouldn't expect from such fluff. It's the sort of visionary immaturity that bridges generations.
02/18/05
Top CriticParents who let their kids see this stinker should be brought up on abuse charges; so should the movie ratings board that let this suggestive mess slip by with a PG rating.
02/18/05
Top CriticWhat the filmmakers missed in assuming the mask from the earlier film is that it was Carrey's astonishing physical comedy that made that film a hit, not the animation.
02/18/05
Top CriticIf there is any thought more singularly horrifying than that of a mask franchise, may it never enter this critic's humble noggin.
02/18/05
Turns out to be a pretty standard modern comedy with pretty standard special effects and a simplistic message about fathers and sons.
02/18/05
If it tickles your fancy, you'll be reduced to tears.
02/18/05
All of the effort went into the well-done visuals and about four cents went into the script and dumbed-down situations.
02/18/05
What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects, while the plot, like Wile E. Coyote, keeps running into the wall.
02/18/05
Top CriticIt, like the Mask-powered baby in it that has the ability literally to bounce off walls, is all over the place.
02/18/05
90 minutes of flying grand pianos, green vomit, giant hand grenades, and photography that almost takes you into the actors' pores.
02/18/05
Top CriticNone of the sequences take time to develop and buildup; they're just thrown at us mindlessly.
02/18/05
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...
02/18/05
I’ve seen some sorry excuses for sequels in my time. But Son of the Mask reeks in a category all its own.
02/18/05
... a harried, screechy film that goes nowhere at a breakneck pace, full of sound and furious slapstick overkill but devoid of wit.
02/18/05
[I]t’s either on a sugar high, running all around the place making you nauseated with bizarre camera angles, like up people’s noses and crotches... or comatose...
02/18/05
If he keeps working hard and honing his craft, Jamie Kennedy may one day achieve his goal of becoming a second-rate Jim Carrey.
02/18/05
As sequels go, this computer-effects invigorated wall-banger engages only slightly.
02/18/05
Jamie Kennedy is no Jim Carrey! This misguided, manic exercise is already a contender for one of my 10 Worst Movies of 2005.
02/18/05
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