Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 10, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostJohn F. Kelly
Written and directed by Steve Oedekerk, the latest "Ace" has a little more of everything than the first: more special effects, goofy props and "Airplane"-like sight gags. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff(not credited)
This sequel to 1994's surprise blockbuster is shamelessly stupid, willfully juvenile and generally just plain gross -- which is, after all, the point. Read full review
70
The New YorkerBruce Diones
But, like Jerry Lewis, and, to a degree, Steve Martin, Carrey can make the idiotic seem inspired, and his manic mugging creates some big laughs. Read full review
70
VarietyLeonard Klady
It's a death-defying hodgepodge anchored by the complete confidence of star Carrey. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Carrey is in top form here, giving a wildly confident, physically draining performance with all the stops pulled out. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Director Steve Oedekerk, who also wrote the script, simply provides a frame for the string of Carrey sight gags, which come fast and constantly. Some work, some fall flat, but the overall momentum is never allowed to flag seriously. Read full review
60
EmpireIan Nathan
Carrey tries hard but the success of his excessiveness has always been down to pegging it to good plots and good partners. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Yet, there is also little doubt that when it comes to extreme physical humor, Carrey is remarkably gifted, a throwback to the vintage antics of Jerry Lewis or even the slapstick gang of silent comedy. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
It's the worst Carrey movie yet, but it has a handful of inspired moments in which his signature wackiness is so funny it hurts. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarry Walters
Carrey's style is to keep the jokes moving so quickly and with such force that you can hardly stop to consider how stupid they are. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
As always, the verbal comedy is nonsensical and vulgar, and the physical humor is rigorously thought out and really vulgar. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
But the best moments are in the trailer (the squirting skunk, the asparagus in the teeth), and they are funnier in short doses than lazily strung together. [10 Nov 1995 Pg. 01.D]
30
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Instead, Mr. Carrey turns up in a sloppy second Ace Ventura film that's little more than an echo of the first. A two-minute trailer wouldn't miss many of its highlights. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
There's nothing worse than a film which mistakenly believes it's the comic event of the year. For no legitimate reason whatsoever, When Nature Calls is full of itself to the point of being offensive. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Youngsters may enjoy it. But the humor is generally of the genre heard in the boys' locker room at the high school gym. Read full review
20
Washington PostRita Kempley
In short, Carrey's got nothing to bounce all that energy off of, not even a solid story line. Read full review
0
TimeRichard Corliss
Wearying, stupefying, dumber than dumb, When Nature Calls would be a career ender for Carrey--except that a zillion people have seen it. Stop this, folks. It'll only encourage him. Read full review
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