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| Jim Carrey shines on the spectacular poster for Steve Oederkerk's Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls |
Pet detective Ace has retreated to a Tibetan monastery, because he has been involved in the death of a raccoon, when an assignment concerning a kidnapped bat in Africa again reawakens his instincts.
Even though the story of this sequel about the repulsive, white colonialists and the ignorant, indigenous Africans probably is possibly somehow a quite truthful brew-down of newer, African history, Ace 2 is a disappointment.
So much of the film is joke re-runs from the 1994 original comedy masterpiece by Tom Shadyac, (the two are just 1½ year apart), and Jim Carrey's (Dumb and Dumber To (2014)) titular role is written this time with an excessive attention paid to his hysterical outlets. Gone is the spoofed detective/crime genre angle, as well as an inventive, hilarious plot, - When Nature Calls is pure cartoon comedy.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is written and directed by filmmaker Steve Oedekerk (Smart Alex (1987)).
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 30 mil. $
Box office: 212.3 mil. $
= Huge hit (returned 7.07 times its cost)
[Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls premiered 8 November (Los Angeles, California) and runs 94 minutes. Carrey obtained creative control and changed out initial director Tom Decerchio (Celtic Pride (1996)) with his own friend and debuting director Oederkerk. Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich (1999)), who later turned out to become a master filmmaker, wanted to direct the film but was turned down by Carrey who later regretted it. Shooting took place in South Carolina, Texas and in British Columbia, Canada, from March - July 1995. Carrey was paid 10 mil. $ for his performance. The film opened #1 to a 37.8 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another 3 weeks in the top 5 (#2-#3-#5) and grossed 108.3 mil. $ (51 % of the total gross). Oederkerk returned wit Nothing to Lose (1997). Carrey returned in The Cable Guy (1996). Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls is rotten at 33 % with a 4.01/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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