Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Director: Tom Shadyac Tom Shadyac

Overview

Jim Carrey fans will warm to this funny film featuring "Mr. Magic Face" Carrey cast as detective hired to solve a dolphin theft--and this dolphin is none other than the mascot of professional football's Miami Dolphins. The film includes actual Miami Dolphin players, including super-star quarterback Dan Marino.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2017
UPC:	0043396509498
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	36,148

Special Features

Commentary by Director Tom Shadyac; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jim Carrey	Ace Ventura
Courteney Cox	Melissa Robinson
Sean Young	Lt. Lois Einhorn
Dan Marino	Himself
Tone Loc	Emilio
Noble Willingham	Don Riddle
Troy Evans	Roger Podacter
Raynor Scheine	Woodstock
Udo Kier	Ronald Camp
Frank Adonis	Vinnie
Tiny Ron	Roc
David Margulies	Doctor
John Capodice	Aguado
Bill Zuckert	Mr. Finkle
Alice Drummond	Mrs. Finkle
Judy Clayton	Martha
Rebecca Ferratti	Sexy Woman
Mark Margolis	Shickadance
Randall "Tex" Cobb	Gruff Man
Henry Landivar	Burnout
Florence Mistrot	Neighbor
Robert Ferrell	Carlson
Will Knickerbocker	Manager
Gary Munch	Director
Terry Miller	Assistant Director
Antoni Corone	Reporter
Margo Peace	Reporter
John Archie	Reporter
Cristina Karman	Reporter
Tom Wahl	Reporter
Herbert Goldstein	Crazy Guy
Chaz Mena	Another Cop
Manuel L. Garcia	Dolphin Trainer
Don Shula	Himself
Scott Mitchell	Himself
Peter Stoyanovich	Himself
Dwight Stephenson	Himself
Jeff Uhlenhake	Himself
Jeff Dellenbach	Himself
Marco Coleman	Himself
Kim Bokamper	Himself
Jeff Cross	Himself
Chris Barnes	Thrasher Band Member - `Cannibal Corpses'
Alex Webster	Thrasher Band Member - `Cannibal Corpses'
Paul Mazurkiewicz Jr.	Thrasher Band Member - `Cannibal Corpses'
Jack Owen	Thrasher Band Member - `Cannibal Corpses'
Robert Barrett	Thrasher Band Member - `Cannibal Corpses'
Cannibal Corpse	Actor
Ira Newborn	Composer

Technical Credits

Tom Shadyac

Jack Bernstein

Jim Carrey

Tom Shadyac	Director,Screenwriter
Jack Bernstein	Screenwriter
Jim Carrey	Screenwriter
Michael N. Arbogast	Special Effects
Gary Barber	Executive Producer
Artie Malesci	Stunts
James G. Robinson	Producer
Mary Jo Slater	Casting
Alan Jordan	Stunts
Mike Kirton	Stunts
Joe Hess	Stunts
Blake Pickett	Stunts
Courtney Brown	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

The film that marked Jim Carrey's graduation from TV sketch comic to box-office phenomenon, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective had such surprising widespread appeal that it even won over many of those who shook their heads at Carrey's manic antics on Fox's In Living Color. He's none too subtle here, quite literally talking out of his butt ("Do you mind if I ass you a few questions?" is a typical groaner), but his hyperactive willingness to go above and beyond for the laugh soon became Carrey's trademark, and it's exuberantly on display here. The loosey-goosey plot about a kidnapped dolphin keeps the audience in the right frame of mind, and Carrey handles the rest, maliciously manhandling packages while disguised as a delivery man, hiding himself inside an ill-fitting cardboard box, and making a mockery of a home for the insane. It's fitting, of course, that he spends a lot of his time talking to animals -- they meet on level ground, bird brain to bird brain. Sean Young has a lot of fun as the campy villain, and Courteney Cox is appealing as Carrey's love interest. But Carrey is center stage here, and boy, does he take it. The film also marks the directorial debut of Tom Shadyac, who followed with a string of light comedy successes in Liar Liar (also with Carrey), Patch Adams, and The Nutty Professor.