The Mask
New Line Cinema | Release Date: July 29, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostJoe Brown
Carrey's a human cartoon, and his spontaneous, Avery-esque, anything-for-a-laugh outrageousness makes this otherwise blank Mask a must-see. Read full review
80
VarietyLeonard Klady
This showcase for the talents of Jim Carrey is adroitly directed, viscerally and visually dynamic and just plain fun. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The result is a movie character who seems half real, half animated. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
This gifted clown has found the right vehicle for his souped-up silliness. Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin'. Read full review
75
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Carrey's jolly green mug carries Mask. [29 July 1994, p. D1]
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
As a comedy, The Mask is genial, but its recycled plot is far too thin for the film to succeed as either an adventure or a spoof. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded. Read full review
60
The New YorkerMichael Sragow
The funniest moment comes when Carrey mimes the effects of the Mask without special effects. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The Mask, a rattletrap Jekyll-and-Hyde farce, surrounds Carrey with a nothing plot and a cast of ciphers. Still, his scenes as the Mask are rowdy and enjoyable. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Carrey has yet to find the perfect vehicle for himself, but The Mask, while hardly as fantastic as it should have been, is a step in the right direction. Read full review
50
Washington PostRita Kempley
Mike Werb's screenplay -- just a rickety framework for Carrey's consummate clowning -- lacks a propelling plot and has zip in terms of secondary character development. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
An astonishingly lazy and perfunctory effort that does little to realize his (Carrey) comic potential. Read full review
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