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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Washington PostWashington PostWritten and directed by Steve Oedekerk, the latest "Ace" has a little more of everything than the first: more special effects, goofy props and "Airplane"-like sight gags.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenCarrey is in top form here, giving a wildly confident, physically draining performance with all the stops pulled out.
- 60EmpireEmpireCarrey tries hard but the success of his excessiveness has always been down to pegging it to good plots and good partners.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranYet, there is also little doubt that when it comes to extreme physical humor, Carrey is remarkably gifted, a throwback to the vintage antics of Jerry Lewis or even the slapstick gang of silent comedy.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIt's the worst Carrey movie yet, but it has a handful of inspired moments in which his signature wackiness is so funny it hurts.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerCarrey's style is to keep the jokes moving so quickly and with such force that you can hardly stop to consider how stupid they are.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyAs always, the verbal comedy is nonsensical and vulgar, and the physical humor is rigorously thought out and really vulgar.
- 30The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinInstead, Mr. Carrey turns up in a sloppy second Ace Ventura film that's little more than an echo of the first. A two-minute trailer wouldn't miss many of its highlights.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's nothing worse than a film which mistakenly believes it's the comic event of the year. For no legitimate reason whatsoever, When Nature Calls is full of itself to the point of being offensive.
- 25Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerYoungsters may enjoy it. But the humor is generally of the genre heard in the boys' locker room at the high school gym.