It would bring me back into the groove of consistently reviewing movies weekly. Which is something I have been lacking on recently and I do apologize for that.
Aside from Tom Hanks, there was no other actor in the 1990's as big as Jim Carrey. He just about ruled the world of comedy movies with monster success after monster success. Especially in his breakout year of 1994, when he had not one, not two, but three enormous box office hits and now proclaimed comedy classics.
Those films being The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, and the one that started it all, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
I personally regard Carrey as one of the funniest guys on the planet. I am a huge fan of his wacky voices and the ways he can morph his face into the funniest and just downright stupidest of expressions. I can really relate to his comedic style because I make people laugh by making goofy faces and silly voices. Many of my friends have actually encouraged me to become a voice actor or find a job in radio because of this. So in short, he's really inspired me and he will never stop making me laugh.
Carrey broke out of the television career he had on the popular sketch comedy show In Living Color with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. A movie about a pet detective who gets hired by the Miami Dolphins football team to track down their missing mascot that just so happens to be a rare Bottle-nose dolphin named Snowflake.
It's hard to think of anyone but Jim Carrey playing the character of Ace Ventura because the guy is so committed to the roles he is given. I mean even by the way he walks shows how into character he is! Many of the films laughs come from scenes that have no dialogue when we're just watching Carrey wander around like a complete dope.
Carrey said in an interview that since the character of Ace Ventura was so in tuned to animals that he should act like an animal! He based Ventura's actions off of those of a bird. Like the way he struts about, his ridiculous hair and even the colorful shirt he has on. Details like that add to the character in such a great way. He just wouldn't have been as funny!
Quite a few of the verbal jokes are also very memorable. There are a ton of great insults, put downs and analogies said by Carrey that are simply hysterical. Some of which I have actually used in my everyday conversations!
The supporting characters are pretty expendable. None of them really stood out. Probably because Carrey's hammy performance filled up the entire screen. That is except for the villain. Without spoiling anything, but what they did with the villain's backstory is completely ridiculous, but in a strange way actually ends up making sense. It's pretty memorable to say the least.
Even though this movie is very funny, it's also very stupid. I mean, immensely stupid. I'm not saying it becomes unfunny, but rather just a bit annoying. To me at least. Jim Carrey haters would most likely rather want to take a bath with their favorite electrical kitchen appliance (If you get what I mean).
Final Report: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective might come off as more obnoxious than a Yoko Ono concert to some. But to fans of the classic Jim Carrey formula like me, it's a pretty good time.
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