Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team.

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Writers:

Jack Bernstein (story), Jack Bernstein (screenplay),

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey	...	Ace Ventura
Courteney Cox	...	Melissa Robinson
Sean Young	...	Lt. Lois Einhorn
Tone Loc	...	Emilio (as Tone Lõc)
Dan Marino	...	Himself
Noble Willingham	...	Riddle
Troy Evans	...	Roger Podacter
Raynor Scheine	...	Woodstock
Udo Kier	...	Ron Camp
Frank Adonis	...	Vinnie
Tiny Ron	...	Roc
David Margulies	...	Doctor
John Capodice	...	Sgt. Aguado
Judy Clayton	...	Martha Mertz
Bill Zuckert	...	Mr. Finkle

Storyline

To be a Pet Detective, you have to understand both the criminals and animals. Ace Ventura goes even further... He behaves like a criminal animal. When a football team's mascot (a dolphin) is stolen just before the Superbowl, Ace Ventura is put on the case. Now, who would want to steal a dolphin, and why?

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Plot Keywords:

dolphin | animal | fire | ass | stupidity | 

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Taglines:

He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for off-color humor and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ace Ventura, un detective diferente

Filming Locations:

Compton Apartments - Washington Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£2,543,434 (UK) (20 May 1994)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 78 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The voice of Ace Venutura and the manner in which he speaks, was added by Jim Carrey only after several read throughs of the script. The voice was something Carrey used in his stand up routine. The "All righty then" was the catch phrase of one of his stand up characters and after the lines from the script weren't feeling right, he added it to the script and read through it again using that voice for all the lines. It was such an improvement that it became the main Ace Ventura personality trait.

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Goofs

In the movie, the Miami City Police officers are wearing Miami-Dade Police Patches. The real-life Miami City Police patches are circular and feature a palm tree in the center.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ace Ventura: Heads up! Good defense! Good defense!

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Connections

Spoofs It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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Soundtracks

"ACE IS IN THE HOUSE"
Performed by Tone Loc
Composed by Tone Loc

User Reviews

"Lee, he's crazy!"

We saw "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" right after "The Mask" came out. We could not have possibly predicted how wacky it would be. At the moment when Jim Carrey started butt-talking, my dad shouted out: "Lee, he's crazy!" And believe you me, he really was. Anyone who knows anything about the movie probably knows that Carrey plays the title character, who has to find the Miami Dolphins' mascot. But mostly, the whole movie is an excuse for him to be silly. And of course, the woman who played reporter Melissa (Courtney Cox) went on to play the reporter in the "Scream" trilogy.

Well anyway, Ace Ventura really is a master of disguise, and it's almost hard to believe that after almost ten years of stagnation in comedy, this movie came and changed the way that we think about humor. Hilarious.