Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 Directed by Steve Oedekerk
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Most people wouldn't last one minute in the real wild nature. Ace Ventura, not even a second.
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.
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THREE DARTS IS TOOOOO MUCH!
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Narrative originality, profound sentiment and serious production take a back seat for the Ace Ventura sequel, because all the filmmakers are interested in here is delivering the fundamental aspect of the comedy genre; laughter.
Jokes, silliness and absurd humour are everything here, and for good reason, because this is where it excels. Sure, it’s nothing inventive, the narrative is merely a vehicle for more jokes, there’s plenty of recycled humour and cynical viewers will only see it as a shameless cash-in on the success of its predecessor, but When Nature Calls remains one of the funniest comedies of all-time that is not only consistently funny throughout, but continually rewarding on repeat viewings.
The entire film relies on its frantic central…
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Laugh for laugh, Ace's second outing as as funny as his first and still proves to showcase the many talents of Jim Carrey.
Whilst Pet Detective will always own my heart, When Nature Calls is still a brilliant sequel and a film so rewatchable it's painful.
"The Monopoly Guy!"
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A sequel which certainly holds up and delivers to you what you expect - a new story and original setting, and much of the same kind humour as its predecessor. 'When Nature Calls' competes with 'Pet Detective' for quotes and stand-out moments - "Look, it's the Monopoly guy!" or Carrey's escape from a mechanical rhino which is both very funny and quite surreal to watch.
Where the first of the two homages 80s cop movies, this one has nods to adventure films, in particular 'Indiana Jones'. 'Indy' doesn't like snakes, 'Ace' doesn't like bats. These sorts of tributes are both fun and admirable, as these films show a love of cinema themselves.
As before, if you're a fan of Jim…
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Just as OTT as the first one but with a bigger budget and just as quotable.
This time Ace fights more for animal rights and hates bats.
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Una lúcida reflexión acerca del devenir humano como ente neoprofano apoyándose en la intelectualidad más irracional y potencialmente sedimentada, producto de una vampirificación comercialista extendida por el 'orbis terrarum' de lo meridianamente plausible. Con posos reticentes de la 'nouvelle bourse' e influencias cromáticas del manierismo referencial, esta ingeniosa y expresivista celebración de la politoxicomanía espiritual más emblemáticamente metafórica logra una muy correcta estimulación del tracto fisiológicamente impermeable de la realidad antropológica más melodramática. La escena del rinoceronte.
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Una lúcida reflexión acerca del devenir humano como ente neoprofano apoyándose en la intelectualidad más irracional y potencialmente sedimentada, producto de una vampirificación comercialista extendida por el 'orbis terrarum' de lo meridianamente plausible. Con posos reticentes de la 'nouvelle bourse' e influencias cromáticas del manierismo referencial, esta ingeniosa y expresivista celebración de la politoxicomanía espiritual más emblemáticamente metafórica logra una muy correcta estimulación del tracto fisiológicamente impermeable de la realidad antropológica más melodramática. La escena del rinoceronte.
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The best humourist on TV ever :) I remembered the 1st time i saw that movie, when i was only 11 years old
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LOTS-O-LOLS
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AW YEAH DIGIT YEAH
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I really loved Jim Carrey as a kid, but surprisingly I was never all that into Ace Ventura. The sequel basically felt like more of the same, and although there are some good gags here and there, it's mostly just annoying.
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Your enjoyment of this film will depend on how over the top you take your comedy. If you don't care for it, then you won't have a good time, but if you can't get enough of it, then you'll love it.
The inclusion of the Tibetan monks is pretty superfluous, the gags can get too ridiculous and the plot is rather outlandish, but Jim Carrey's lovable goofball performance and the great sense of fun make the 90 minute run time not seem like a chore. Only Jim Carrey can take meeting the Monopoly guy and a rhino birthing scene and make them highlights of a film.
Plus, it's not everyday where you can say the villain got his just desserts by getting raped by a Gorilla.
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oh tween years, I liked shit like this in my tweens not some glittler vampire shit...
Im cool.
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Ok so a recurring theme in my reviews recently has been that I've been high while watching movies and this is still true. But I'm not sure if I can be considered a pothead yet.
This seemed a little different from the first Ace Ventura flick. In that when he would do something sill or stupid it would always be for somewhat of a purpose it would almost always be for the story or in response to someone being mean or anything like that. but this seemed like every time he was acting completely ridiculous it was just for the purpose of being stupid. Some of the jokes were really just stale and haven't kept up since the last time I watched this. Even wacked out I wasn't the biggest fan but I still love Jim Carrey with all his crazy mannerisms in tow -
A laugh out loud a minute. Could watch Jim at his comedic peak all day everyday. I have no idea how this film is a PG.