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Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective (2009)

Adventure | 93 minutes
1,51 108 votes

Genre: Adventure / Comedy

Duration: 93 minuten

Alternative title: Ace Ventura 3

Country: United States

Directed by: David Mickey Evans

Stars: Josh Flitter and Emma Lockhart

IMDb score: 2,1 (6.134)

Releasedate: 24 March 2009

Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective plot

Twelve-year-old Ace (Josh Flitter) has been living alone with his mother since his father left. Ace spends his spare time tracking down his classmates' pets and is pretty good at it. When a panda is stolen by a thief at the local zoo and his mother is blamed, it's time for Ace to take action. With the help of his friends Laura and A-Plus, he hopes to catch the thief.

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Ace Ventura Jr.

Russell Hollander

Quenton Pennington, Jr.

Dr. Sickinger

Melissa Ventura

Grandpa Ventura

Assistant with White Horse

Overwhelmed Kid

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tommykonijn

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Ace Ventura 3..

Since I have always been a huge Jim Carrey fan, I was really shocked when I heard this; after flops like Son of the Mask and Dumb and Dumberer, Ace Ventura had to go too. (I had already hinted at this several times in comments about this film.) Totally unexpected, it wasn't actually that bad. The beginning was fun and Josh Flitter acts reasonably well. But then....

He has to portray the 'child version' of Jim Carrey. Now, I don't want to claim that I can do it better, because it seems incredibly difficult to me. But in that area, he can't even come close... he pulled annoying feints and annoying walking moves about every 8 seconds. He also made a bit of a fool of himself, especially when he has to play the 'cool guy': in real life, he would probably have been laughed out of the room. Mind you, he might still be entertaining for the younger viewers, so his performance isn't exactly super bad (especially since he actually played the first part of the film quite well).

The film has made me laugh quite often; nevertheless, the solution for Ace Ventura Senior is indeed very bad. Would Jim Carrey have approved of this? I don't know, but if I were him, I would be annoyed by it, because it is his character.

This film is difficult to judge: the funny scenes mixed with Ventura's mediocre performance don't exactly make for a masterpiece, but I do have to admit that Grandpa Ventura is hilarious... it's nice that he was in it, and yes... kids aged 7-9 will probably think this is absolutely awesome if they haven't seen the first two parts.

3.0*

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DonOswaldo

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I always found the Ace Venturas with Jim Carrey very entertaining. A third installment wasn't strictly necessary. But if it has to be without Jim Carrey, then throw in a young boy who comes across as likeable/funny with his charisma instead of annoying/irritating. No, absolutely not a worthy interpreter of Ace Ventura.

It is still somewhat easy to look away from, probably even a bit easier for children, but when I compare it to the other AVs, it is a joke.

2*

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Vikanohara

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Children's film based on the famous character portrayed by Jim Carrey. The otherwise very annoying kid (especially his extremely irritating voice) actually doesn't do too badly as the son. His father wasn't much less annoying in previous films, by the way. However, the ridiculousness piles up quite a bit and it's just not really fodder for adults. Truly a film for 6 to 12 year olds. And they will probably still enjoy it. For 18+ I would say a 1. But since this is clearly not the target audience, I can still give it 2 stars.

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