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The Mask

1994

Chuck Russell

Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene ...

6.0

74,847

Comedy. Fantasy Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoony romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel, comes across this character dubbed "The ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey (...) Here seems to have found a story and character that work together with manic energy (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Mr. Carrey can be funny without fireworks. He deserves material clever enough to let him do just that."	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"[It] is entertaining enough -- in a light, undemanding sort of way (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded."	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Carrey is revealed here as a comic actor of charm and talent."	POS
United States	James Bernard Entertainment Weekly	"Aside from its visual gimmickry, 'The Mask' is cheesy in a low-budget, stitched-together way. It seems like half a movie"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin’."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"The effects are show-stopping, but the film's hollowness makes the overall result curiously depressing (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Reader	"Carrey and his aggressive overbite are back, but this time he's better used as an ingredient instead of as the plot (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Gallagher BBC	"The moral - that you can be confident without having to hide behind a persona - becomes perhaps a bit too obvious, but along the way this is exuberant fun (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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