The Mask (1994)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:32
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Carrey's manic bombast, Diaz's blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Boring bank account officer Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is tired of kowtowing to his know-nothing boss and being rejected by attractive women. But just before he decides to end it all, Stanley is... [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene
Director: Chuck Russell
Reviews for The Mask
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The Mask is highly enjoyable -- if you can bear Carrey's constant tics and mugging. Full Review |
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The design is bright as a button and the transformation scenes real eye-poppers, but the film's best special effect is putty-faced Carrey with his razzle-dazzle star turn as the affable Stanley and his manic alter ego. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Despite everything, it's still a marvellously energetic movie. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Exuberant fun. Full Review |
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7/10 |
...a kind of Roger Rabbit on steroids that still holds up well after all these years. Full Review |
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Adroitly directed, viscerally and visually dynamic and just plain fun. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Though the story has a certain universal appeal -- who hasn't felt like a useless jerk and wished to wake up capable of anything? -- the execution is oddly sour and distasteful. Full Review |
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The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded. Full Review |
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B- |
This special effects extravaganza is s good star vehicle for Jim Carrey, exhibiting his skills and his shticks; in a small part, the sexy Cameron Diaz is bound to become a leading lady. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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B+ |
Cartoony fun with a bombastic Jim Carrey.
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4/5 |
CG overkill salvaged by Carrey's maniacal performance.
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2/5 |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
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5/5 |
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3/5 |
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2.5/4 |
Though a bit slow in the in-betweens (you might get a somewhat antsy), The Mask is a cute clean film for the whole family. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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