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Avg. Critic Score: 37 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
12 Iffy for 12+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    A riot from start to finish, Carrey's first feature comedy is as cheerfully bawdy as it is idiotically inventive. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    He's so over-energized from the start you keep thinking he'll wear out his welcome pronto; an hour and a half later, his lunacy is still hard to take your eyes off. [04Feb1994 Pg. F6] Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Treat this project as you would a safari: It has its slow parts but the wildlife makes it worthwhile. Read full review

  • 75
    TV Guide |

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective marks the ascendance of a new star in film farce, as Jim Carrey elevates this stupid, suprisingly shoddy picture into the comedy stratosphere, mainly thanks to his Gumby-like ability to contort his face and body in the most amazing ways. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Susan Wloszczyna

    While the rubber-limbed Carrey may not yet be in the hyper-manic league of Jerry Lewis or Robin Williams, his psychotic energy goes a long way to make this plot-anemic comedy palatable. [04Feb1994 Pg. 07.D] Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety |

    Seemingly clueless as to how best to utilize Carrey, or make humorous hay out of its pet-loving shamus' central character, Ventura fails to place either Carrey or Ace in the winner's circle of memorable screen crazies. Read full review

  • 30
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    Manic energy is the term that comes most readily to mind when describing Ace Ventura. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I found the movie a long, unfunny slog through an impenetrable plot. Kids might like it. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Carrey suggests an escaped mental patient impersonating a game-show host-and, what's worse, his hyperbolically obnoxious shtick is the whole damned show. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+ Skip it unless you love Carrey's gross-out humor.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that, despite this comedy's seemingly innocent title, its bathroom humor and sexual content can be offensive. Dramatic kids might spend days imitating star Jim Carrey's wildly exaggerated mannerisms. Some teens may enjoy the so-called humor and insist on seeing it, but parents might want to watch with them.
  • Families can talk about the why this kind of "stupid humor" appeals to audiences. Why do different people find different things funny? How does this movie compare to Jim Carrey's other comedies? Families can also discuss the history of physical comedy. How does this movie's humor differ from that of the Three Stooges, and how is it similar?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: The women in the movie serve little purpose beyond sex and cleavage. Lots of tasteless humor: gay jokes, jokes about people with mental illness, bathroom humor.
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: A fistfight between a man and a woman, with some blood. A man jumps off his penthouse balcony and is killed. People fall off cars and balconies and into shark-infested fish tanks. Several gunshots.. A shot of sharks with sharp teeth, a man jumps off a ba
  • sex false3 Sex: Implied oral sex; bed-rattling sex hidden under covers. There's a lengthy shot of a man's bare bottom.
  • language false3 Language: Infrequent extreme language and occasional mild profanities. A rude finger gesture.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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