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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) 6.0
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6.0/10 from 99,409 users
Metascore: 45/100
Reviews: 164 user | 55 critic | 17 from Metacritic.com Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe. Director:Steve Oedekerk |
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Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. Of course, when Ace gets involved, all hell breaks loose... Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Most people wouldn't last one minute in the real wild nature. Ace Ventura, not even a second. See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 November 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ace Ventura Goes to Africa See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£10,020,831 (UK) (23 February 1996)Company Credits
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Helicopter Pilot: Negative. No sign. Wait a second, I think I got him.
Ace: You know you could poke somebody's eyes out with that thing.
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Performed by Angélique Kidjo
Produced by Jean Hebrail
Written by Angélique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail
Adapted by Joy Kane
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Island Records Limited
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Jim Carrey was paid $5 million to reprise the part of Ace Ventura. See more »Goofs
When Ace is removing the apple from the victims throat, the victim's head is clearly false, made out of some plastic material. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Helicopter Pilot: Negative. No sign. Wait a second, I think I got him.
Ace: You know you could poke somebody's eyes out with that thing.
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"Ife"Performed by Angélique Kidjo
Produced by Jean Hebrail
Written by Angélique Kidjo and Jean Hebrail
Adapted by Joy Kane
Angelique Kidjo appears courtesy of Island Records Limited
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I didn't think the first movie was any great shakes.
Sure, it had Carrey in it, running amok and mugging and mimicking and making every rude sound a kid would learn by eighth grade. But the story just kept getting in the way.
That's why "When Nature Calls", in my opinion, is much funnier.
The story of securing a sacred bat is neither too intrusive nor annoying and leaves room for gags aplenty.
And Carrey.... Well, he enters a slapstick marathon and wins the gold in every event. I swear the man is made of rubber.
Some of the jokes are pretty gross (the spitting ritual, the "guano" references, etc.) but why should that come as any surprise? Most comedies gear for that kind of humor anymore and, more or less sophisticated, reach the same common denominator: body fluids is funny, dude.
Still, without the fluids and functions, there are still great scenes (Ace's entrance in the dining hall, the monks' reaction to his departure, his behavior at the slide show, his driving habits, his escape from a mechanical rhino) and plenty of opportunities to see Hollywood's most uninhibited comedian use every conceivable part of his body to make us laugh.
I laughed. His work is done.
When this "Nature" calls, answer it.
Nine stars. And remember: do not pass go, do not collect $200.