Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Film199486 min

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Taste attributes: adventurecomedydetectiveanimalsfastlightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedfighting evil

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"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

fighting evil

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Jim CarreyCourteney CoxSean YoungTone LocNoble Willingham

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
1994
Runtime
86 min
Status
Released
Studio
Morgan Creek Productions
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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