Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Carrey suggests an escaped mental patient impersonating a game-show host.
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Michael Sragow, New Yorker
[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.
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Variety Staff, Variety
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.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The most obnoxious case of masculine swagger since Andrew Dice Clay, with just a tad of Paul Lynde thrown in for spice, Jim Carrey defies you not to bolt for the exit.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Only a child could love Mr. Carrey's character, but that may be the point. The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old.
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Cast
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Jim Carreyas Ace Ventura -
Courteney Coxas Melissa Robinson -
Sean Youngas Lois Einhorn
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Dan Marinoas Himself -
Troy Evansas Roger Podacter -
Udo Kieras Ronald Camp
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