Year: 1994
Directed By: Tom Shadyac
Written By: Jack Bernstein
RYAN’S REVIEW:
I remember going to see this movie in the theater when I was ten years old in 1994. My dad was a huge Miami Dolphins and Dan Marino fan so naturally he took us to see the film. While I may have been too young to understand certain scenes in this film I still thought it was hilarious and it has remained funny for the past 17 years. This movie made Jim Carrey a superstar, he had a busy and successful year in 1994 also starring The Mask and Dumb and Dumber that year but it all started with Ace Ventura. Jim Carrey owns this role, and the success of the film is his alone. I am not a big fan of Tom Shadyac and I happen to think Steve Oedekerk made an even funnier movie the following year. Courtney Cox does her job, she looks good in this movie and that is all that was really required of her. When I was 10 years old I couldn’t really appreciate how cool it was for the Miami Dolphins to collaborate so well with a movie. You don’t see that in mainstream films very often but I think it worked really well here. Ace Ventura still makes me laugh, and I think it will continue to do so for a very long time. Excellent movie that is totally worth your time.
AMBER’S REVIEW
My parents didn’t watch a lot of television when I was growing up. They were very guarded about what they let us watch and because they never rented anything we only had choices of what was on the meager VHS rack. This movie was one of them. My dad didn’t watch a lot of movies, but he loved Jim Carey, and so did we. This movie is very nostalgic for me and takes me back to lying on the couch with my brother and sister and laughing so hard at Jim Carey. To this day I can recite most of the lines from both movies verbatim. The movie still continues to make me laugh, and I feel I can laugh harder knowing that Jim Carey went on to become an amazing actor, not just another comedian. I love that Courtney Cox played the love interest and she played the part great. This movie is hilarious, and I would be surprised if you haven’t seen it already, but in that rare instance…see this one and the sequel, I find the sequel even more funny.
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