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 I went to see the damned thing in the movie theater. Back in 1994, Jim Carrey, who was up to that point a struggling actor for at least a decade, became instantly a huge star after releasing 3 big box-office success in one single year (‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’, ‘The Mask’, ‘Dumb & Dumber’).  In France, for some reason, they released ‘The Mask’ before ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ so I saw it afterwards. Anyway, even though I did prefer ‘The Mask’, this movie was also quite entertaining. Indeed, this material was maybe seriously idiotic but it worked very well with Carrey’s over-the-top routine. Through the years, Jim Carrey would wisely avoid the sequels following his starring vehicles and he did pretty good since they were all terribly underwhelming (‘Son of the Mask’, ‘Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd’, ‘Evan Almighty’). However, it did make an exception for this movie as he showed up in a sequel released just a year after making the 1st installment. Anyway, to conclude, even though it wasn’t a masterpiece whatsoever, I thought it was a decent comedy and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like Jim Carrey’s work.