Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

From my Bad 90s Movies marathon, part 4 of 8.



Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, 1994. A jackass looks for a stolen dolphin.

Directed by Tom Shadyac. Written by Jack Bernstein, Shadyac & Jim Carrey; story by Bernstein. Starring Carrey.

Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 0/4 (Terrible)
Dialog: 0/4 (Terrible)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 1/4 (Bad)
Subjective Rating: 1/10 (Eew get it away, 0/4). Grating, hateful, and thoroughly unfunny. It goes through the surface motions of being a dumb comedy, but it feels like it's been engineered to demoralize the audience.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.0/4 (Bad)