The Mask (1994) movie poster

The Mask (1994)

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👍 84%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 70%
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Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (11,082 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
59

Cast

Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask · 74% avg
Peter Riegert as Mitch Kellaway · 76% avg
Peter Greene as Dorian Tyrrell · 68% avg
Amy Yasbeck as Peggy Brandt · 82% avg
Richard Jeni as Charlie Schumaker
Orestes Matacena as Niko
Tim Bagley as Irv
Nancy Fish as Mrs. Peenman · 78% avg

Is The Mask good?

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 70%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#229 / 1262 · Romance
Rank in its year
#30 / 84 · 1994
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 6 · Chuck Russell

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Stanley Ipkiss, an insecure banker who has lost his zest for life stumbles upon an ancient mask, that turns him into a confident suave cartoon-like character who upsets his ordinary life. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Mask is a 1994 American superhero comedy film directed by Chuck Russell, based on the Dark Horse Comics series. Jim Carrey stars as Stanley Ipkiss, a timid, romantically unsuccessful bank clerk in the fictional Edge City who discovers an ancient wooden mask that transforms him into a cartoonish, green-faced, zoot-suited trickster with reality-warping powers. When wearing the Mask, Stanley's repressed personality is unleashed as an uninhibited, fourth-wall-breaking force of nature who dances, woos, and pranks his way through the city while attracting the attention of both the beautiful singer Tina Carlyle, played by Cameron Diaz in her film debut, and a local crime boss who wants the Mask for himself.

The Mask was a showcase for Jim Carrey at the absolute peak of his physical comedy powers — released in the same year as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber, it confirmed Carrey as the most bankable comedy star in the world. The visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic brought Tex Avery-style cartoon physics to live action, with the Mask character's body stretching, morphing, and defying gravity in ways that blended seamlessly with Carrey's already elastic physical performance. Cameron Diaz's screen debut as the sultry nightclub singer was a star-making turn that launched one of the decade's most prominent acting careers.

The Mask earned $351 million worldwide on a $23 million budget.

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