He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
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Comic, effortless, unpretentious and resolved.
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
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- The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 1994Reviews/Film; On the Trail Of a Lost Fish
Search for missing mascot. Field day for Jim.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyAce Ventura
- Courteney CoxMelissa
- Sean YoungEinhorn
- Tone LocEmilio
- Dan MarinoDan Marino
- Noble WillinghamRiddle
- Troy EvansPodacter
- Raynor ScheineWoodstock
- Udo KierCamp
- Frank AdonisVinnie
Crew
- Tom ShadyacDirector
- Jack BernsteinScreenplay
- Jim CarreyScreenplay
- Tom ShadyacScreenplay
- Julio MacatDirector of Photography
- Ira NewbornOriginal Music Composer
- Don ZimmermanEditor
- James G. RobinsonProducer
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Pairings
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
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