Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
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45% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(31,687,365 ratings)
When your dog, bird, or water-dwelling mammal disappears, who do you call? Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is a low-rent private eye who specializes in recovering lost animals, so when Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' aquatic mascot, is kidnapped, team representative Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) puts… More When your dog, bird, or water-dwelling mammal disappears, who do you call? Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) is a low-rent private eye who specializes in recovering lost animals, so when Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins' aquatic mascot, is kidnapped, team representative Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) puts Ace on the case. However, Snowflake isn't the only Miami Dolphin who has gone missing; several key members of the team also disappear, including quarterback Dan Marino (who plays himself), who is spirited away while filming a TV commercial. With the Super Bowl only two weeks away, will Ace be able to find Snowflake and the missing athletes in time to salvage the big game? Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was a surprise box office smash and catapulted manic comedian Jim Carrey to stardom. The supporting cast includes Sean Young as ill-tempered Lois Einhorn, Udo Kier as the sinister Ronald Camp, and rapper Tone Loc as Ace's detective pal Emilio (Loc also wrote and performed a song for the closing credits). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tom Shadyac
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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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, Time Out
Desperate stuff.
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Cast
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Jim Carrey
as Ace Ventura
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Courteney Cox
as Melissa Robinson
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Sean Young
as Lois Einhorn
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Dan Marino
as Himself
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Troy Evans
as Roger Podacter
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Udo Kier
as Ronald Camp
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Raynor Scheine
as Woodstock
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Tone-Loc
as Emilio
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Frank Adonis
as Vinnie
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John Capodice
as Aguado
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Judy Clayton
as Martha Maxx
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Randall "Tex" Cobb
as Miami Dolphins' owner
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Alice Drummond
as Mrs. Finkle
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Rebecca Ferratti
as Sexy Woman
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Will Knickerbocker
as Manager
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Mark Margolis
as Mr. Shickadance
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David Margulies
as Doctor
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Terry Miller
as Assistant Director
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Florence Mistrot
as Neighbor
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Scott Mitchell
as Miami Dolphin
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Gary Munch
as Director
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Tiny Ron
as Roc
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Don Shula
as Himself
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Noble Willingham
as Riddle
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Bill Zuckert
as Mr. Finkle
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John Archie
as Reporter #3
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Antoni Corone
as Reporter #1
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Chris Barnes
as Thrasher Band "Cannibal Corpses"
- Randal "Tex" Cobb
- Tone Loc



