The 1994 comedy "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" kicked Jim Carrey's movie career into high gear. Despite Jim Carrey's belief that audiences would either love or hate the movie, the film pulled in 107 million at the box office against a budget of 15 million. This success led to an immediate follow-up reaching theaters one year later. And while filming the sequel, "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls," appears to have been an unpleasant experience for many of the people involved, it was an especially rough one for co-star Simon Callow.
In "Pet Detective," Ace Ventura (Carrey) helps the NFL's Miami Dolphins retrieve their stolen special attraction dolphin from a disgruntled and vengeful ex-player who once cost the team the Super Bowl. In the sequel, the eccentric pet detective returns for a safari in Africa to help relocate Shikaka, the great white bat that is sacred to the fictional Wachati tribe. This time,...
In "Pet Detective," Ace Ventura (Carrey) helps the NFL's Miami Dolphins retrieve their stolen special attraction dolphin from a disgruntled and vengeful ex-player who once cost the team the Super Bowl. In the sequel, the eccentric pet detective returns for a safari in Africa to help relocate Shikaka, the great white bat that is sacred to the fictional Wachati tribe. This time,...
- 11/7/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
The New Jersey Nets finished the 2009-2010 NBA season with a record of 12 wins and 70 losses, good enough -- well, bad enough -- to rank them amongst the worst teams in league history. The New Jersey Nets of the new film "Just Wright," on the other hand, are playoff contenders, thanks to the play of their star point guard Scott McKnight (Common). In other words, "Just Wright" is a ludicrous fiction, which puts it squarely in the dubious tradition of films set in and around the National Basketball Association. Movies about the NBA are, at best, wildly unfaithful to the realities of the pro game and, at worst, strange concoctions of mediocre hoops and outlandish and sometimes downright bizarre storylines. While we patiently wait for someone to make the "Slap Shot" of pro basketball -- or at least release the long-unavailable "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" on DVD -- let's...
- 5/14/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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