Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Only a child could love Mr. Carrey's character, but that may be the point. The movie has the metabolism, logic and attention span of a peevish 6-year-old. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The most obnoxious case of masculine swagger since Andrew Dice Clay, with just a tad of Paul Lynde thrown in for spice, Jim Carrey defies you not to bolt for the exit. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Carrey suggests an escaped mental patient impersonating a game-show host. Read more

Michael Sragow, New Yorker: [Carrey's] comic language is made up of accent marks, not characters; instead of inhabiting a scene, he swallows it up and spits it out in manic doodles. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The comic momentum sputters long before the running time has elapsed. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I found the movie a long, unfunny slog through an impenetrable plot. Read more

Time Out: Desperate stuff. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Unlike famous bumbling sleuths such as Inspector Clouseau and Lt. Frank Drebin, there's no consistency to the "Ace" character, and the whole movie shifts in tone from social satire to sophomoric pranks and traditional copshow plotting. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Treat this project as you would a safari: It has its slow parts but the wildlife makes it worthwhile. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: A riot from start to finish, Carrey's first feature comedy is as cheerfully bawdy as it is idiotically inventive. Read more