Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura is puerile, brain-numbing and forgettable.

Playing a celebrated finder of missing mammals, [Carrey's] so over-energized from the start you keep thinking he'll wear out his welcome pronto; 90 minutes later his lunacy is still hard to take your eyes off.

Carrey suggests an escaped mental patient impersonating a game-show host.

[Carrey's] comic language is made up of accent marks, not characters; instead of inhabiting a scene, he swallows it up and spits it out in manic doodles.

The only possible attraction is Carrey's gonzo star turn.

Unlike famous bumbling sleuths such as Inspector Clouseau and Lt. Frank Drebin, there's no consistency to the "Ace" character, and the whole movie shifts in tone from social satire to sophomoric pranks and traditional copshow plotting.

The twist ending is unnecessary and has the unsavory side effect of teaching millions of young Ace fans that it’s unimaginably gross for a man to kiss a trans woman ­­ — this from a movie whose hero talks out of his butt.

For those who do not see a hint of humor...Provokes the unsettling sensation of being in the middle of a jovial and merry asylum. [Full review in Spanish]

It's a one-man show that doesn't need to be toned down so much as its skits need to be better embellished and decorated.

The surprisingly enjoyable family comedy that catapulted Jim Carrey to fame and fortune as the most popular funnyman of the 1990s.