| | | From zero to hero.
Features: Slip Sleeve
Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb And Dumber) stars as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who discovers a mysterious ancient mask that brings his innermost desires to life! Now, together with his sidekick Milo, this wisecracking green tornado is taking Edge City over the top in this romantic-action-comedy that will leave you S-s-s-s-smokin'!
"Marvelously inventive comic entertainment--wonderfully wacky!" David Sheehan, CBS-TV Los Angeles
Editor's Note
Boring bank account officer Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is tired of kowtowing to his know-nothing boss and being rejected by attractive women. But just before he decides to end it all, Stanley is transformed from a spineless accountant into a jiving zoot-suited hellion when he discovers the superhuman powers of an ancient wooden mask he finds floating in the river. With the mask, Stanley has the courage to do everything he's ever dreamed of. That includes wooing blond bombshell Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz), a torchy singer at the swanky nightclub Coco Bongo. Too bad Tina's caught up with mobster Dorian Tyrel, a brutal villain planning to rob Stanley's bank and take over the city! Now it's up to Stanley to rid the besieged metropolis of Tyrel. Based on the Dark Horse comic book, THE MASK introduced Diaz to audiences and helped cement Carrey's fame after ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE. Its story of a human cartoon, courtesy of computer effects and Carrey's talent for impressions, was a perfect fit for the comedian's pliable facial features.
| Features | Full Frame - 1.33 |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 1/19/1995 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 4011 | | UPC: 00794043401138 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1995) | | | Tom Bertino, et al., Nominee, Best Visual Effects | |
British Academy Awards (1995) | | | Greg Cannom, Sheryl Park, Nominee, Best Makeup/Hair | | | Craig Stevens, Nominee, Best Production Design | | | Tom Bertino, et al., Nominee, Best Special Effects | |
Golden Globe (1995) | | | Jim Carrey, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical | |
MTV Award (1995) |  | Jim Carrey, Winner, Best Comedic Performance | | | Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Nominee, Best Dance Sequence |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Carrey is a comic fireball in a tour de force display of physical antics..." 08/25/1994 p.95-6-Sight and Sound
"...Visually hellzapoppin....Jim Carrey is a rapturously idiosyncratic film persona....Bound to excite..." 10/01/1994 p.48-9 New York Times
"...With his sparkling, silly grin and his true talent for physical clowning, [Carrey] comes as close to being an animated creature as a live actor ever could..." 07/29/1994 p.C1 Entertainment Weekly
"...Goofiness can be its own reward." 01/20/1995 pp.58-9 Los Angeles Times
"...Carrey is revealed here as a comic actor of charm and talent....Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing..." 07/28/1994 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...THE MASK is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey....Carrey demonstrates that he does have a genuine gift..." 07/29/1994 p.37 Total Film
"...Definitely one of Carrey's best suited films, capturing his ability for improvisation and combining it with superb special effects..." 10/01/1999 p.106 Uncut
"The 1994 live-action cartoon that made the names of Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz....Frenetic fun." 09/01/2005 p.148 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
The Mask is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey, who underwhelmed me with Ace Ventura, Pet Detective but here seems to have found a story and character that work together with manic energy... Cameron Diaz is a true discovery in the film, a genuine sex bomb with a gorgeous face, a wonderful smile, and a gift of comic timing. - Roger Ebert
Washington Post 7 of 10
...even without the state-of-the-art, boundary-busting computerized effects from Industrial Light & Magic, Carrey's a human cartoon, and his spontaneous...anything-for-a-laugh outrageousness makes this otherwise blank Mask a must-see. - Joe Brown
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