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Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   46,167 votes
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Director:
Steve Oedekerk
Writers (WGA):
Jack Bernstein (characters)
Steve Oedekerk (written by)
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Release Date:
10 November 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Most people wouldn't last one minute in the real wild nature. Ace Ventura, not even a second. more
Plot:
Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
[DVD Review] The Other End of the Line
 (From JustPressPlay. 24 March 2009, 7:45 PM, PDT)

Stretch Armstrong Movie Will Probably Be As Horrendous As You Expect
 (From Cinema Blend. 26 February 2009, 2:50 PM, PST)

User Comments:
It's Just Plain Funny more (155 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ace Ventura Goes to Africa
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude humor.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Monster Truck Driven by ace (Jim Carrey) is a 1989 Chevrolet S-10 Modified. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the Chief's Hut, prior to Ace being spit on by the chief and his son, A Scarlet Macaw is clearly visible next to the chief. Scarlet Macaws are native to South America, not Africa more
Quotes:
Vincent Cadby: [Ace moans and howls upon entering a room sporting numerous stuffed animal heads] Something wrong, Mr. Ventura?
Ace: Of course not. This is a lovely room of death.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Shining (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Blur the Technicolor more

FAQ

What are the differences between the British BBFC PG-version and the uncut US-Version?
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32 out of 33 people found the following comment useful.
It's Just Plain Funny, 22 August 2001
10/10
Author: Ben Hunt (rexodus) from Danville, IL

Is it dumb? Well, it's definitely low-brow, but it also has some gags that are undeniably clever. Is it racist? Yeah, a little, but it's also satirizing old stereotypes about "Dark Africa." Is it immature and and gross and sophomoric and over-the-top? Yes. Yes, it is.

But someone (well, me) once said the only thing comedies have to be is funny. And this movie is dang funny. Need I remind anybody of the scene where Ace insists on dropping a slinky down the hundreds of steps leading up to a Buddhist temple? ("It was RIGHT there!") Or the slideshow in which Ace's hand appears to greedily devour a poacher's crotch? That's just hilarious!

The great thing about this movie is that it doesn't settle for outlandish set-ups that only seem to be jokes. This movie gets full bang for its comedic buck. Do we have a fight with a crocodile presented in-and-of-itself as humor? No! In a lesser film, perhaps. But Ace Ventura goes the extra mile, bringing us childish schoolyard taunts ("Stop hittin' yourself! Stop hittin yourself!") And is it enough to have Ace chasing the villain through the jungle in a monster truck? No - he actually pulls up next to him and utters a bon mot worthy of Groucho. Also, where did that monster truck come

from?! The sheer resolve not to explain the truck's presence is a sublimely satirical dig at movies that might place monster trucks in the jungle just for cheap, lazy wackiness.

This movie is anything but lazy. Jim Carrey, like no actor before him, pulls out all the stops as Ace Ventura. Is he milking things? Oh sure. He's milking things like Paganini milked the violin, or like Michelangelo milked the Sistine Chapel. He's inventing a manic persona so complete and fully realized, that it transcends standard comedy and achieves something mystical and poetic and truthful. And that's how it keeps from being annoying.

This film is too casually dismissed because it looks like a terrible movie. I was hesitant to watch it. But maybe, years and years from now, it will achieve the kind of subversive cult-film status it deserves.

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