A good movie

I remember it very well when this movie was released, I must have been 14-15 years old at the time, and since there was quite some buzz about it, I went to see the damned thing in the movie theater. Back in 1994, Jim Carrey, a struggling actor for at least a decade, became instantly a huge star after releasing 3 box-office success in one single year (‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’, ‘The Mask’, ‘Dumb & Dumber’). In France, ‘The Mask’ was actually released before ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’, so it was my very first contact with Carrey. To be honest, even though the guy was funny, I actually preferred the bits when he was wearing the mask. Indeed, I had never seen anything like this before, some impressive special effects coming right off a Tex Avery cartoon, and I thought it was just awesome. It was also pretty neat to discover a very young Cameron Diaz who was only 22 years old and who looked just stunning at the time. Unfortunately, pretty much everything else in the movie was nothing really amazing. Surprisingly, even though it seemed a no-brainer, they never managed to make a sequel with Jim Carrey and, instead, more than 10 years later, they made the abysmal ‘Son of the Mask’ without the funny guy. To conclude, even though it might not be a masterpiece, it is still a really fun and entertaining flick and it is definitely worth a look.

7/10