Son of the Mask
6,150
Comedy. Kids. Fantasy
A decade after the legendary Mask of Loki wreaked havoc on the life of an unsuspecting adult, the magical mask finds its way into the possession of a child in the family comedy Son of the Mask. When cartoonist Tim Avery's (Jamie Kennedy) new son is born with the Mask's spectacular powers - to the dismay of the family's jealous dog - it turns the household upside down and launches a kid versus canine battle for control of the Mask. But ... [+]
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United States | Los Angeles Times | "It's astonishing how dull a movie that packs so much visual overstimulation into its frames can be" | NEG |
United States | New York Daily News | "What the filmmakers missed in assuming the mask from the earlier film is that it was Carrey's astonishing physical comedy that made that film a hit, not the animation." | NEG |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Loud, mean-spirited and generally obnoxious" | NEG |
United States | Variety | "The net result is a truly numbing experience." | NEG |
United States | Chicago Reader | "Too low-key and amiable to match the lubriciousness Jim Carrey brought to the original." | NEG |
United States | SFGATE | "A comedy so unfunny, it's tragic" | NEG |
United States | AV Club | "No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like Son Of The Mask, but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be." | NEG |
United States | New York Post | "A witless and vulgar sequel" | NEG |
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