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When your dog, bird, or water-dwelling mammal disappears, who do you call? Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is a low-rent private eye who specializes in recovering lost animals, so when Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' aquatic mascot, is kidnapped, team representative Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) puts Ace on the case. However, .. Read more

Starring	Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc
Director	Tom Shadyac
Genres	Comedy

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- Featuring a relentlessly mugging comedian who makes Jerry Lewis seem as restrained as Buster Keaton, this is an extraordinarily inept comedy, with feeble jokes parodying other movies, feebler slapstick and much homophobia and misogyny; it also provides Se
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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- - 6
  - 0
  Jim Carrey at his best.
  
  This film is the best, it is entertainment for everyone young and old.
  
  One of my favourites, I laughed so much I nearly cried, and my 9 year old ... read more »
  
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  - Mazzy1969
  - West Glamorgan
  - 12 Nov 2004 at 12:44
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- - 0
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  hillariously funny
  
  very funny film, carey proves he's zany as always.
  
  love the story line, and acting, and action as well as the comedy
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 756 reviews
  - uk
  - 03 Mar 2012 at 23:48
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  Wohoooooooooooo !!!
  
  Great Film! :) Would watch again, Enjoyed it from the minute it started right to the End! I recommend it!!
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 May 2011 at 13:12
- - 0
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  Brilliantly zany
  
  Jim Carey at his zany best. My 9 and 7 yr olds absolutely loved this, laughing out loud several times!! They never do that!
  
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- - Hewmatt
  - 3 reviews
  - Sevenoaks
  - 16 Apr 2011 at 20:52
- - 0
  - 0
  it was good
  
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  but not as good as i fault but yeah it was funny and stuff it just got a bit borring after a wiyle i liked it but i dident love it well put it this way liar ... read more »
  
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  - basingstoke
  - 21 Nov 2010 at 16:33
- - 1
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  Ace adores Animals!
  
  This is Jim Carrey at his peak in a comedy that is a mixture of slapstick, smart remarks, good special effects and a very slick script.
  
  Made at about... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 06 Jan 2010 at 16:14
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  Ace Ventura - Pet Detective
  
  Poor generally. True I was working at the same time, but Jim Carrey's antics, though hugely talented, don't last long on me. It became rather... Austin ... read more »
  
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- - CJH
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  - Dundee
  - 02 Oct 2009 at 14:11
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  WARNING - Dangerous levels of laughter could be reached
  
  Jim Carey is an absolute comedy legend, and although he's done loads of great movies, I think it has to be his first big starring role in Ace Ventura that ... read more »
  
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- - Mickey Mouse
  - Dorset, England
  - 11 Apr 2009 at 01:02
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  great movie
  
  Great movie recomend it deserves the rating given
  
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  - Quedgeley
  - 12 Dec 2008 at 15:39
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  Jim Carey - Ace Ventura
  
  Always good for those who love Carey.
  
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- - anmiln
  - 16 reviews
  - Milton Keynes
  - 01 Sep 2008 at 23:40
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  Classic Fun
  
  One the funniest movies ever made, certainly not an intellectual challenge, but hilarious nonetheless. Ideal for all the family.
  
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- - cm1974
  - 1 review
  - Ayrshire
  - 21 Jun 2008 at 16:14
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- - 6
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  Jim Carrey at his best.
  
  This film is the best, it is entertainment for everyone young and old.
  
  One of my favourites, I laughed so much I nearly cried, and my 9 year old ... read more »
  
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  - Mazzy1969
  - West Glamorgan
  - 12 Nov 2004 at 12:44
- - 1
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  VERY FUNNY!
  
  Great movie and one of Jim Carrey's finest roles to date. Ace Ventura{ Carrey} is a pet detective who must recover a kidnapped dolphin named Snowflake and ... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE
  - 04 Jul 2004 at 21:19
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  better than the sequel
  
  jim carrey makes this movie great fun for everyone who loves mad comedy
  
  a truly wonderful performance by the rubber face genious
  
  the ... read more »
  
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- - Carl
  - birmingham england
  - 02 Dec 2004 at 15:27
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  Classic Jim Carey
  
  This is a great movie. The jokes although expected and a bit over the top are still funny (especially the Star Trek impersonations) and had me in stitches.read more »
  
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- - James Delaney
  - Wakefield, England
  - 04 Apr 2005 at 20:17
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  Side Splitting Laughs
  
  I really liked this one as it started off with laughs from the very start.
  
  He does seem to get on everyones nerves, but the end result is surprising... read more »
  
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- - BCLSLM
  - Nottinghamshire
  - 19 Jun 2006 at 11:06
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  FANTASTIC!!!
  
  The film that made me become such a massive fan of the legend that is Jim Carrey, i could sit and watch this film 100 times and still laugh.
  
  Timeless... read more »
  
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- - Sam Hammond
  - Bath, England
  - 01 May 2007 at 12:27
- - 1
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  Ace adores Animals!
  
  This is Jim Carrey at his peak in a comedy that is a mixture of slapstick, smart remarks, good special effects and a very slick script.
  
  Made at about... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 06 Jan 2010 at 16:14
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  Brilliant comedy film ...
  
  Brilliant comedy film with Jim Carrey overacting liked mad and being even more hilarious than ever.
  
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- - DebJan#1
  - LONDON
  - 27 Oct 2003 at 21:43
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  Great! No other word ...
  
  Great! No other word for it, Great. Brilliant casting and a good story, a bit of exitment thrown in, that's really all I ask of a kids comedy like this. ... read more »
  
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  - KILLGETTY
  - 05 Jan 2004 at 11:22
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  Very Little needs to ...
  
  Very Little needs to be said about this. It rocks!! Classic comedy from Jim carrey, some classic lines and a brilliant film. Just as funny now as it was 10 ... read more »
  
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- - PAUL#128
  - DERBY
  - 01 Mar 2004 at 19:35

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Critics' reviews
- Featuring a relentlessly mugging comedian who makes Jerry Lewis seem as restrained as Buster Keaton, this is an extraordinarily inept comedy, with feeble jokes parodying other movies, feebler slapstick and much homophobia and misogyny; it also provides Se
- 30098
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- The tale of a bumbling sleuth who specialises in finding other people's lost animals. When the emblem of the Miami... read more on Time Out
- 43214
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...Directed with vigor....ACE is briskly paced and graced with Carrey's ceaseless energy and peculiar talents..."
- 7514
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...This has sure-thing hit written all over it with its winning combo of goofiness and genre send-ups..."
- 7513
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Carrey gives one of the most hyperactive performances ever brought to the screen..."
- 7511
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Carrey scores..."
- 7512
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  When your dog, bird, or water-dwelling mammal disappears, who do you call? Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is a low-rent private eye who specializes in recovering lost animals, so when Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' aquatic mascot, is kidnapped, team representative Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) puts Ace ...