Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 1995
Directed by Steve Oedekerk
- Crime, Comedy, Adventure
- 90 min
- PG-13
New animals. New adventures. Same hair.
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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- Filipe Manuel Netoon TMDB · Aug 20233/10
**Uninteresting, the film is only not worse thanks to Jim Carrey.** Personally, I liked the first movie. Jim Carrey is a force of nature and almost always manages to surprise us with his crazy things. Unfortunately, this film is inferior, much inferior, and in good part due to the poor level of comedy, which abuses sexual and scatological humor to make jokes, increasingly predictable and unfunny. I really think that the film's problem is in the script, a piece of garbage that shouldn't have been used for anything other than a good bonfire. Another problem is the departure of Tom Shadyac and the replacement by Steve Oedekerk, a director who is incapable of having the same creativity and comic spirit. These two problems doomed the film. Jim Carrey turns out to be the least guilty. He continues to be a huge actor and carries the entire film on his shoulders with a panache and ability that is difficult to match, as far as comedies are concerned. I think he embarked too much on easy humor, he let himself go down a less friendly and less familiar path than would be desirable, but even so, he deserves a positive note. Simon Callow is the only supporting actor to earn a good grade, with th
Read the whole review on TMDB - Andre Gonzaleson TMDB · Apr 20235/10
Not any where as good as the 1st. It was ok. Not as funny. I guess I just didn't like the whole jungle theme.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyAce Ventura
- Ian McNeiceFulton Greenwall
- Simon CallowVincent Cadby
- Maynard EziashiOuda
- Bob GuntonBurton Quinn
- Sophie OkonedoThe Wachati Princess
- Tommy DavidsonThe Tiny Warrior
- Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeHitu
- Danny DanielsWachootoo Witch Doctor
- Sam PhillipsWachootoo Chief
Crew
- Steve OedekerkDirector
- Steve OedekerkWriter
- Donald E. ThorinDirector of Photography
- Robert FolkOriginal Music Composer
- Malcolm CampbellEditor
- James G. RobinsonProducer
- Andrew G. La MarcaProducer
- Bob IsraelProducer
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