Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
A lonely and mentally disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.
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>
Jim Carrey spent a lot of time off sick, which affected the contract of actor Simon Callow. Callow's contract had actually expired before he could finish filming his scenes. Despite this, he wasn't paid overtime as Carrey's illness was regarded as an "Act of God" in the contract. Which Carrey himself claims as "unfair". Since Callow already had other commitments in London, the producers suggest he flew back regularly in first-class, as the contract had stated. It wasn't until later that Callow found out that the producers were deducting the cost of his plane tickets from his overall salary. In his words he "finished up working almost for nothing". See more »
Goofs
When the jungle animals crash through the consulate wall, the mounted elephant head falls to the ground; the elephant's trunk breaks, revealing it to be a plastic fake. 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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Alternate Versions
One minute and thirty five seconds were cut from the theatrical version to get a PG certificate in the UK. A further three seconds where also cut to get a PG for the video release. These cuts remove a lot of the "crude humour". The cuts are as follows:
The raccoon rescue is edited, mostly cutting shots of the clearly distressed animal.
The scene of Ace casting shadows on the projector slide has been edited so that his shadow is going after Gahjii's neck instead of his groin.
Ace's line "Excuse me. Your balls are showing! Bumble bee tuna!"
Ace's snorting in the hut has been reduced.
Likewise, when everyone is exiting the hut in hysterics, the shot cuts away earlier due to the graphic details.
The shot of Ace masturbating is missing.
When Ace is lecturing Quinn, the shot of Ace prodding his eyeball has been reduced. This could be due to strong language and/or imitable technique.
After removing an apple core from the tribesman, Ace pushing the baby out of the mother's tummy is missing, as well as the shot of the father catching the baby.
The Warrior stomping on Ace's crotch and ripping the spears out of his legs.
I loved this movie ever since in come out in 1995 when i was six years old...
I love Jim Carrey am a BIG fan of him...and i think that this was his best performance...he just so funny in this movie...
"It's the mucus that binds us" still cracks me up today... His other famous saying "Ok take care now, by bye then" and "alrightly" are classic lines...
Its best to see the first movie "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", before you see the second movie so you get the feel of Ace Ventura...the jokes get so much more funnier in the second movie...
Just the way Jim acts as Ace is genius...i recommend everyone see this movie...
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I loved this movie ever since in come out in 1995 when i was six years old...
I love Jim Carrey am a BIG fan of him...and i think that this was his best performance...he just so funny in this movie...
"It's the mucus that binds us" still cracks me up today... His other famous saying "Ok take care now, by bye then" and "alrightly" are classic lines...
Its best to see the first movie "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", before you see the second movie so you get the feel of Ace Ventura...the jokes get so much more funnier in the second movie...
Just the way Jim acts as Ace is genius...i recommend everyone see this movie...