Image Credit: Warner Bros./Photofest/Leon Bennett/FilmMagicīefore he played an animal-loving detective with quite a few animalistic tendencies of his own, Carrey was a stand-up comic before finding success on the popular sketch comedy series In Living Color. In light of Ace Ventura's 25th anniversary, the sleuths at The Hollywood Reporter investigate what its cast has been up to since its debut. Lois Einhorn (Sean Young) and others in the Miami Police Department who refuse to take him seriously. During his investigation, Ventura faces opposition from Lt. Grossing $107 million worldwide at the box office on a $15 million budget, Ace Ventura has gained a loyal cult following through frequent TV airings, prompting two film sequels and an animated TV series.Īs an eccentric goofball who solves crimes involving pets for a living, Carrey's Ace is tasked by the Miami Dolphins' chief publicist (Courteney Cox) to find their missing mascot. 4, 1994, wasn't well received by critics but Carrey's memorable performance helped turn the comedian into a household name and was the first of three films starring the rubber-faced actor to hit theaters that year (followed by The Mask and Dumb and Dumber). 'There's a learning curve for all of us.It's been 25 years since Jim Carrey bellowed 'allllrighty then' on the big screen as the star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. 'In this day and age, it would probably not be done the same way,' he told the Television Critics Association during a 2019 interview (via Showbiz CheatSheet). Of course, as conversations about the representation of sexuality and gender have evolved, it's become increasingly clear to a mainstream audience just how much this transphobic and homophobic plot twist is in bad taste, to say the least. This late change to the plot probably explains why the twist comes across as so jarring in the film - it's hard to believe that Sean Young of all people could have been a beefy football kicker, but with all the other goings on in this film it just barely works.

As if the plot twist itself didn't make this clear, the Boy George song 'The Crying Game' plays while Ace burns his clothes and showers in disgust. According to Tom Shadyac in the director commentary, this was a last-minute decision that was made near the end of filming.

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