Too many parts of this movie are too disgusting to be funny. As such you'll like this or hate it based on how you like Carrey when he is manic. Just the way Jim acts as Ace is genius. But please, let's stop the insanity before Jack Black, who is the next pretender to Carrey's place, takes over. I wish i had spoken up for Babe the Talking Pig. Summarizing, there is only one thing left to say: If you solely watch this movie for the comedic purpose, you shall have a great time! Now I didn't like the original Ace but at least it had a few laughs. This movie is the opidemy of my humor and the extreme way it portrays the upper crust world of stuffy, snobby, self absorbed unrealistic people who think the world revolves around their view and opinions is classic and makes me laugh in a way that is honest for me.
Often times that is not the case and this movie is one of those. At his best, Carrey is hilariously funny, at his worst, he's like this. Carrey is much funnier when he becomes subject to the plot, not when he tries to dominate it. At least Carrey got to pay the rent with the paycheck, so it's not a total loss. The bat is very important for some African tribe. No - he actually pulls up next to him and utters a bon mot worthy of Groucho.
And this movie isn't an exception to that rule. They want to give it as a wedding gift when one of their girls will marry a man from another, hostile tribe. There were four of us watching this film and we only stayed until the end out of politeness. Sometimes he really doesn't know when it's all too much. But, Steve Oedekerk did a pretty good Job. Also, where did that monster truck come from?! He's inventing a manic persona so complete and fully realized, that it transcends standard comedy and achieves something mystical and poetic and truthful. The movie is light hearted and is easy watching and the overall plot really isn't that bad.
The wealthy Vincent Cadby Simon Callow has paid Ventura to save the bat before two African tribes go to war over it. This film is a complete turkey. Jim Carrey is his usual overacting self in this movie, but it's more annoying this time. I have watched it at least 7 times and found it funny each time. From the robot rhino scene to the monopoly guy Jim knows how to be hilarious. This film is too casually dismissed because it looks like a terrible movie.
However they are not given as much to do and are of less value – Callow, Gunton and McNeice are not that missed when off-screen. Need I remind anybody of the scene where Ace insists on dropping a slinky down the hundreds of steps leading up to a Buddhist temple? Mostly this is funny but it is less sophisticated than the first film if it's possible to describe the first film as that! I am not talking about the gross-out humor, like Carrey making the biggest loogie in history by the way that was quite disturbing but the director seems to think that Ace has to be the World's biggest jerk to survive in the African setting. This movie is anything but lazy. Jim Carrey is a funny guy. Do we have a fight with a crocodile presented in-and-of-itself as humor? I thought the scene where Ace is trapped inside the animatronic rhino was the funniest scene in the movie, but the film is filled with other great scenes too. Simply put: No suspense whatsoever in this one.
If Ace doesn't find the bat in time, the entire tribe will be murdered by the other one. Jim Carrey is one of those actors you will find yourself either adoring or hating. I mean, what does that say about bats if a lover of all animals can't even stand them and finds them revolting. And that's how it keeps from being annoying. Overall anyone watching this should just be aware of what they are getting – it's a silly comedy that is totally reliant on Carrey's mugging to carry it. Well, he enters a slapstick marathon and wins the gold in every event.
Carrey of course carries the film with ease but also has famous support like he did in the first film. I was hesitant to watch it. I've known people who are not big fans of Jim Carey's style of comedy and I can see their point. The first movie has a believable plot and does a good job of telling the story. But the man's biggest gift is also his biggest problem. Not intentionally - we had planned to watch Seven, but it was sold out.
I read that some people were offended by it and want to get others to share their view. Sure, it had Carrey in it, running amok and mugging and mimicking and making every rude sound a kid would learn by eighth grade. I don't normally respond to these kinds of things, but after reading some of the negative responses I couldn't help myself. The only reason that this movie was made was because of the theory that if a movie makes a big splash and becomes a big time hit then a sequel will also be a big hit. Despite most views of this movie, I thought it was just as good as and in some aspects better than the original. He's milking things like Paganini milked the violin, or like Michelangelo milked the Sistine Chapel. And they only managed a smirk from this writers face! Description Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes.