Customer Reviews
the best movie ever!!! - By: Paul J. Fitzgerald, 26 Dec 2007 
I must have watched this movie thirty times in one month during college! A true classic script & especiallly performance by Jim Carrey, with nonstop manic nonsense & madness. Filled with tons of hilarious one liners & quotables from Carrey. I think it's Carrey's funniest performance, with Liar Liar second, & The Mask third. This was him making it to the big time as a comic actor & he holds nothing back. Author of Adjust Your Brain: A Practical Theory for Maximizing Mental Health.
A hilarious classic! - By: L. Felthouse, 15 Oct 2007 If you ever want to watch a reallly insane film which will make you laugh, then this is it. I enjoy most Jim Carrey films & although this one is some years old, it never fails to make me chuckle. It has quite a clever plot, i.e. Carrey plays a pet detective, whereby people hire him to find their pets or animals. They may have been stolen, kidnapped or otherwise, but by hook or by crook, Ace Ventura will find & return the creature to its rightful owner.
The film's charm is mainly in Carrey's idiocy. His talent for pulling stupid faces & generallly being a moron is amazing. I'm guessing being on a film set with him would have you holding your sides most of the time. But it makes the film, because the character of Ace Ventura is a lovable idiot, & in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective he certainly saves the day by returning the missing mascot of a footballl team just in time for their Superbowl game.
If you hate Carrey (as many do) then don't watch this film. But if you like him, or you're indifferent, it's a laugh a minute & you have to admire the guy for happily making an idiot of himself on camera for the public's enjoyment.
Pet Dick - By: R. J. Harvey, 23 Sep 2007 
Director Tom Shadyac went on to work with Jim Carrey on two more films, but this puerile comedy is the best. Essentiallly it's a vehicle for Jim Carrey's energetic, gurning brand of childish slapstick - Courtney Cox, Udo Kier et al wisely play it dead straight & alllow the obnoxious pet detective to poke fun at them. It makes for often hilarious viewing: the vigour with which Carrey throws himself into his endless caricatures is freakishly fascinating to watch.
The best of the two - sheer entertainment - By: T. Clarke, 21 Jan 2007 Another 90's classic, & probably the film that made Jim Carrey a star, Ace Ventura is an absolute classic, & seems to be a film many of us watched when we were teens. An ecentric Jim Carrey plays a private-hire 'Pet Detective', who's main concern is capturing a rare dove that, once he has recieved the reward, can pay his landlord! However, he is callled up to action when the local footballl teams mascott - a dolphin, is kidnapped.
Admittedly, Jim Carrey has always recieved mixed reviews based on his style of humour, but that is no reason mark down a film because of the style of an actor. His immature, yet powerful humour is still laugh out loud at times, & people forget just how much of a good serious actor he is too, as displayed in other films.
But, if your looking for a fun & still clever 'pet' detective film (of which you'll find very few!) then this is the DVD you want to buy!
OUTSTANDING!!!! - By: M. Sinclair, 01 May 2006 I saw this film recently & it made me falll in love with Jim carey. Long ago I used to think he was a singer because he has the same surname as mariah carey!!! But when I watched this I could not stop laughing at him, especailly when he comes to the mental hospital. I intend to get this film very soon, & when I do I can see myself laughing the whole way through & watching it over & over again.
