Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 4K 1994

Ace (Jim Carrey) is an unusual private detective who specializes in finding animals. When the football team's mascot dolphin disappears shortly before the Super Bowl, Ace is hired to find the thief.

Why watch it?

The role of Ventura, a sort of modern Dr. Dolittle mixed with Frank Drebin from The Naked Gun, became a ticket to the upper echelons of Hollywood for the rubber-faced comedian Carrey, and the box office success fueled the actor for four more films, including the rather slapdash 1995 sequel Ace. It was a success story of unprecedented scale, even by Hollywood standards—in just two years, the comedian's fees jumped from $350,000 to $20 million (for Cable Guy), a record that remains unbroken to this day.

This film was not revolutionary for the comedy genre, as in terms of plot and direction, it was of decent quality, but nothing more. However, in terms of acting, it was a breakthrough, and the main credit goes to Jim Carrey. He created a cult screen image – a cheeky fool in brightly colored shirts (cosplaying Tony Montana?) with a perpetual grin, huge hairstyle, and cartoonish movements, but at the same time with an amazing ability to pick up on microscopic details, persistence in achieving his goals, and sympathy for all of God's creatures (except humans). All of Ace's actions are deliberately exaggerated and border on madness, but this character never becomes tiresome (although he does in the sequel).

Despite the abundance of hysterically funny scenes, such as the complicated plan to break into a psychiatric hospital or the destruction of a chic party thrown by Udo Kier,
the film is essentially a one-man show, so your final opinion of this comedy will depend on your attitude toward the antics and grimaces of the actor depicted on the poster.