Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
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Reviewed by MTMoura
"Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" is the second adventure of the world’s greatest pet detective and this time he travels overseas to mysterious Africa, with the urgent mission of retrieving a sacred bat, before two local tribes annihilate each other.
The screenplay was written by Steve Oedekerk, who was also called in to helm it, when the originally assigned director got fired. This sequel is basically a nonstop succession of Jim Carrey’s solo powered gags and there are numerous extremely funny moments, like the spoof to Stallone's "Cliffhanger" and, principally, the anthological rhino sequence.
© Warner Bros. Pictures
So, you laugh hysterically throughout the movie. Actually, you sometimes laugh to a point were it isn’t physically possible to laugh anymore. Still, I feel like this movie lacks something the first "Ace Ventura" had. Can it be because it isn’t a novelty anymore? Or because the Florida’s ambiance is gone? Maybe. But I tend to believe the main problem is that there weren't any strong characters to Ace interact with. Even if Ace typically "...bowls everyone out of his way.", as Carrey once said, the rare scenes where he did slow down a little in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", gave the character a charming and humane vulnerability, here unfortunately absent.
"Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" is the second adventure of the world’s greatest pet detective and this time he travels overseas to mysterious Africa, with the urgent mission of retrieving a sacred bat, before two local tribes annihilate each other.
The screenplay was written by Steve Oedekerk, who was also called in to helm it, when the originally assigned director got fired. This sequel is basically a nonstop succession of Jim Carrey’s solo powered gags and there are numerous extremely funny moments, like the spoof to Stallone's "Cliffhanger" and, principally, the anthological rhino sequence.
© Warner Bros. Pictures
So, you laugh hysterically throughout the movie. Actually, you sometimes laugh to a point were it isn’t physically possible to laugh anymore. Still, I feel like this movie lacks something the first "Ace Ventura" had. Can it be because it isn’t a novelty anymore? Or because the Florida’s ambiance is gone? Maybe. But I tend to believe the main problem is that there weren't any strong characters to Ace interact with. Even if Ace typically "...bowls everyone out of his way.", as Carrey once said, the rare scenes where he did slow down a little in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", gave the character a charming and humane vulnerability, here unfortunately absent.
| Production Companies |
Morgan Creek Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||
| Director | Steve Oedekerk | ||
| Writers | Jack Bernstein Steve Oedekerk |
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| Producer | James G. Robinson | ||
| Executive Producer | Gary Barber | ||
| Associate Producer | Bob Israel | ||
| Co-Producer | Andrew G. La Marca | ||
| Composer | Robert Folk | ||
| Cinematographer | Donald E. Thorin | ||
| Editor | Malcolm Campbell | ||
| Cast List |
Jim Carrey Ian McNeice Simon Callow Maynard Eziashi Bob Gunton Sophie Okonedo Tommy Davidson Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Danny D. Daniels Sam Motoana Phillips Damon Standifer Andrew Steel Bruce Spence Tom Grunke Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad Kristin Norton Michael Reid MacKay Kayla Allen Ken Kirzinger Dev Kennedy Patti Tippo Sabrinah Christie Warren Sroka |
..... Ace Ventura ..... Fulton Greenwall ..... Vincent Cadby ..... Ouda ..... Burton Quinn ..... The Wachati Princess ..... The Tiny Warrior ..... Hitu ..... Wachootoo Witch Doctor ..... Wachootoo Chief ..... Wachati Chief ..... Mick Katie ..... Gahjii ..... Derrick McCane ..... Ashram Monk ..... Pompous woman ..... Skinny Husband ..... Airplane Stewardess ..... Helicopter Pilot ..... Dad Tourist ..... Mom Tourist ..... Girl Tourist ..... Boy Tourist |
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| Ace Ventura: | There's someone on the wing! Some... THING! I'm sorry, what were you saying? |
| Ace Ventura: | Nobody wants to play with me! |
| Ace Ventura: | Take that, you winged spawn of Satan! |
| Ace Ventura: | If you were me, then I'd be you, and I'd use *your* body to get to the top. You can't stop me no matter who you are! |
| Ace Ventura: | Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. And you must be the Monopoly guy! |
| Vincent Cadby: | Something wrong, Mr. Ventura? |
| Ace Ventura: | Of course not. This is a lovely room of death. Take care, now. Bye-bye, then. |
| Ace Ventura: | It is the mucus that binds us. |
| Ace Ventura: | Of course. How sssselfish of me. Let's do all the things that YOU wanna do. |
| Ace Ventura: | If you were me, then I'd be you, and I'd use *your* body to get to the top. You can't stop me no matter who you are! |
Most people wouldn't last one minute in the real wild nature. Ace Ventura, not even a second.
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The great plains of Africa, the cradle of civilization. A place where there exists a balance between nature and man. So ancient, so sacred, no man would dare to disturb it. No man but Ace Ventura.
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