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The Mask (1994) 6.8
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Metascore: 56/100
Reviews: 185 user | 52 critic | 12 from Metacritic.com Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask. Director:Chuck Russell |
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Cast
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| Jim Carrey | ... | ||
| Peter Riegert | ... | ||
| Peter Greene | ... | ||
| Amy Yasbeck | ... | ||
| Richard Jeni | ... | ||
| Orestes Matacena | ... | ||
| Tim Bagley | ... | ||
| Nancy Fish | ... | ||
| Johnny Williams | ... | ||
| Reg E. Cathey | ... |
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Jim Doughan | ... | |
| Denis Forest | ... | ||
| Cameron Diaz | ... | ||
| Joseph Alfieri | ... | ||
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B.J. Barie | ... | |
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Plot Summary
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Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoony romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel, comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. Written by Ian Pugh <skypilot@ezaccess.net>
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Stanley Ipkiss is not the man he used to be. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 July 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La máscara See more »Box Office
Budget:
$18,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£11,021,329 (UK) (9 September 1994)Gross:
£17,293,233 (UK) (11 November 1994)Company Credits
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Stanley Ipkiss: So how do we get in?
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Written by Harry Connick Jr. and Ramsey McLean
Performed by Harry Connick Jr.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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Trivia
Contains many pop-culture and contemporary references from the era. In the Landfill Park showdown scene with the cops, there are references to The One Armed Man (David Lynch's _"Twin Peaks" (1991)_). When The Mask asks the question "Where's a camcorder when you need it?", being surrounded by the cops, this is a veiled reference to The Rodney King beating, being one of the first, most notable incidents of police misconduct captured by private citizens on a camcorder. See more »Goofs
When the police are searching for The Mask in the park, there's a shot of a number of things on the ground that they have already found. We see at least five or six items there that the two cops later list as they pull out of his pockets: a fish, a mousetrap, a bike horn, a squeeze toy, and a rubber chicken. See more »Quotes
Charlie Schumacher: The Coco Bongo Club. Hottest new joint in town. Only the creme de la creme need apply.Stanley Ipkiss: So how do we get in?
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Crazy Credits
When all the credits have finished some jazz drumming is heard. Then the familiar sounds of The Mask are heard saying "Yo-ho-ho-ho" (in a very drawn voice) then the sound of The Mask spinning away is heard straight after. See more »Soundtracks
"(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name"Written by Harry Connick Jr. and Ramsey McLean
Performed by Harry Connick Jr.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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"The Mask" was the movie that introduced my family to Jim Carrey. And we all thought that it was great. Carrey plays unlucky bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who one night finds an ancient mask. When he puts it on, he turns into sort of a cartoon character; think Roger Rabbit on acid. The really great thing about the movie is that they just turn Carrey loose. Anything that you can imagine him doing, he does here. A particularly funny scene is when the police tell him to freeze, you'd better believe that he freezes! All in all, Jim Carrey's humor will never get old. He may have given his all-time funniest performance in "The Mask".