I clapped. I clapped as soon as the end credits appeared after about 2 hours and 10 minutes. Maybe, MAYBE this is some sort of absurd piece of art, that makes mockery out of Nazis by making a film packed with bushy vaginas and old Nazi penises.
One thing’s for sure, nothing here worked for me. It almost bored me to death, after about halfway in I had so much trouble paying attention, so much in fact that I found…
What a funny character. Not... Films, characters, plots and situations that tends to be ‘too silly’ is often quite humorous. But in Ace Venture, the main character goes way beyond silly. So much in fact that everything that’s supposed to be funny just ends up being awkward and lame.
The most absurd parts in this film are the sex scenes, if it wasn’t for them, I would’ve thought it was a film designed to entertain toddlers.
Glad I finally got to see this. You can clearly see some of the PTA trademarks in this film as well. It´s strange yet fascinating how Paul Thomas Anderson always seems to create masterpiece type movies out of rather simple and almost “non-interesting” plots.
The production is great, and the movie is good, even though the plot is quite random. But I cannot see exactly what makes it a masterpiece to be honest. I both admire and respect his work…
