Since then, Carrey has moved on and the franchise has went largely dormant. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura. Naturally, critics hated Ace Ventura - after all, its lead literally talks out of his butt - but moviegoers found Ace hilarious, turning the comedy into a smash hit.Ĭritics were even more unkind to sequel Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, but Carrey and company got the last laugh, making even more money at the box office. It was a role tailored to Carrey's strengths, and left audiences wanting more of both the character and the actor. With Ace Ventura, Carrey was basically allowed to cut loose, incorporating his skills with wacky facial expressions, slapstick, and vocal manipulation into just about every scene.

Unfortunately his fan inside the rhinoceros ceases working, sending the temperature soaring. While his years on FOX sketch comedy show In Living Color helped get Carrey noticed by the masses, it was his turn as the unorthodox animal sleuth that vaulted Carrey to the A-list. The Rhino scene is one in which Ace uses a mechanical rhinoceros to sneak up on the villains to listen to their plans. While Carrey is regarded as a comedy legend today, and also renowned for his occasional forays into dramatic acting, his ascent to movie stardom can all be traced back to one character: Ace Ventura.

Ace Ventura 3 is officially in the works, and here's everything we know so far about the sequel to Jim Carrey's classic pet detective comedies.

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