This movie has been one of my favorites since I was a little kid, and it is one of the reasons Jim Carrey is my favorite actor. I remember whenever my parents said it was my turn to choose the movie we were going to rent, I would chose this one every time. Ok, maybe not every time, but we definitely rented it a hefty number of times. If you are ever in the mood for over-the-top, slapstick humor, this is the movie you should watch.
The movie is about the stereotypical “nice guy,” Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey), that gets pushed around by just about everyone in his life including his boss, landlord, and even his best friend. He is also a “hopeless romantic.” He is the guy that will go out of his way to get concert tickets for himself and his date, and give up his ticket when she decides she does not want to let her best friend sit home alone. But then, he meets and quickly develops feelings for Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz), a singer at a new club called the Coco Bongo. One night, when his car breaks down on a bridge, he thinks he sees a person in the water and rushes to help. When he finds out it was just a pile of debris, he comes across a mask that looks like it belongs to some ancient Amazonian civilization. There is no way he is prepared for what happens when he puts the mask on, and what follows is an adventure that feels like it came straight out of a Looney Tunes cartoon—complete with popping eyeballs and tornado locomotion.
Jim Carrey was definitely born to play this role. I can’t imagine this movie with anyone else playing the lead because Carrey’s level of wackiness, hardly rivaled by anyone, is needed for achieving “the mask’s” character. The way Carrey is able to transform from an average Joe into a “love-crazy wild man” is what makes this movie so entertaining. You can hardly believe that Stanley and “the mask” are the same person. The film offers everything from dance numbers to dream sequences, and even action scenes. The best scene of the movie is when “the mask” charms an entire police force into a conga line while impersonating Cuban Pete. This movie is like watching the paint that makes up the lettering on Wile E. Coyote’s “Help!” sign dry before he plummets off a cliff.
By WhiteChick
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