
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Taste attributes: adventurecomedydetectiveanimalsfastlightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedfighting evil
"He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)"
Boxlist takePolished and accessible: a fast-moving comedy, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like escapism over depth.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
No single trait stands out; it is a broad fit.
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Morgan Creek Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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