Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Review

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Release Date: 28th April 1994 - Australia

Production Companies

Morgan Creek Productions

Distribution
Roadshow Films

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 87 minutes


Budget: $15,000,000

Box Office Gross: $107,217,396 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Someone kidnapped a football team's mascot (a dolphin) just before the Super Bowl, but who would do that? Ace Ventura, a zany private investigator specialising in finding missing animals, is on the case. Soon, Miami Dolphins star player Dan Marino is kidnapped, making Ace's sleuthing even more urgent. With help from a

team representative named

Melissa, Ace must crack

the case and find the

culprit, but only after

a series of ridiculous

misadventures.

Cast

Jim Carrey - Ace Ventura

Courteney Cox - Melissa Robinson

Sean Young - Lt. Lois Einhorn

Tone Lōc - Emilio

Dan Marino - Himself

Troy Evans - Roger Podacter
Raynor Scheine - Woodstock
Udo Keir - Ronald Camp
Noble Willingham - Riddle
John Capodice - Sgt. Aguado
Frank Adonis - Vinnie
Tiny Ron - Roc
David Marguiles - Doctor
Judy Clayton - Martha Mertz
Bill Zuckert - Mr. Finkle
Alice Drummond - Mrs. Finkle
Rebecca Ferratti - Sexy Woman
Mark Margolis - Mr. Shickadance
Randall 'Tex' Cobb - Gruff Man

Cannibal Corpse - Themselves

Crew

Screenplay/Director - Tom Shadyac

Story/Screenplay - Jack Bernstein

Screenplay - Jim Carrey
Executive Producer - Gary Barber

Producer - James G. Robinson
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Peter Bogart
Co-Producer - Bob Israel
Project Consultants - Eugene Lebowitz
and Steve Oedekerk

Lead Animal Trainer - April Mackin

Production Designer - William Elliott

Art Director - Alan E. Muraoka

Set Decorator - Scott Jacobson
Costume Designer - Bobbie Read

Director of Photography - Julio Macat

First Assistant Director - Terry Miller
Stunt Coordinator - Artie Malesci
Special Effects Coordinator - Michael Arbogast

Film Editor - Don Zimmerman

Supervising Sound Editor - Michael Hilkene

Re-Recording Mixers - Paul Massey,

Steve Pederson and Scott Millan

Music - Ira Newborn

Music Supervisor - Peter Afterman

Review

The first ACE VENTURA movie was as solid as the other works featuring the funny man Jim Carrey; even the sequel, When Nature Calls, which I once watched, is just as good. I'm now a confessed fanatical viewer of the comedian and his creative genius for unleashing spontaneous/manic humour and energy in some of his best-known roles. As the Dumb & Dumber sequel came out in Australia, I decided to critique the first instalment and several other Carrey classics (some lesser-known) to celebrate the new addition. It was the beginning of Jim's career as a talented movie star. What a solid beginning for the famous actor! It was truly satisfying to master an amusing plot with complex plot twists.

Jim is responsible for shaping and crafting his unique/memorable title character. Carrey brings exceptional humour to every scene, appealing to moviegoers. His co-stars, Sean Young and Courteney Cox, were good and competent in their roles, yet never quite matched Jim's finesse. I remember loving the part where Ace disguises himself as a patient in a mental institution.

ACE VENTURA was almost one of the greatest Carrey films of all time, but Dumb & Dumber outshone it and is the comedy Carrey is particularly proud of starring in. While a few bits aren't politically correct, it doesn't stop ACE VENTURA from being a funny movie. I recommend it to Jim Carrey fans.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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