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Son of the Mask is a frantic sequel tailor-made for short attention spans. For 86 manic minutes, this belated follow-up to 1994's Jim Carrey hit The Mask compensates for Carrey's absence by casting Jamie Kennedy as a cut-rate animator who becomes heavily animated himself (courtesy of non-stop computer-animated effects) when he dons the ancient mask that belongs to Loki (Alan Cumming, nicely cast), the Norse god of mischief. As in the Carrey film, the mask turns its wearers into cartoonish whirlwinds of confident bluster, and that includes a little dog named Otis, and especially Kennedy's mask-induced offspring, a frenetic shape-shifting baby that's more creepy than comedic, like Ally McBeal's dancing infant on steroids and speed. This woebegone sequel quickly vanished from theaters, but it's a harmless babysitter that kids will enjoy, from the director of the similarly effects-driven Cats & Dogs. --Jeff Shannon
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not a Jim Carrey classic, but hilarious nonetheless.,
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This review is from: Son of the Mask [DVD] (DVD)
I just finished this movie and my cheeks hurt from the grinning and laughing. Son of the Mask expands on the story of Jim Carrey masterpiece The Mask in a whole different way. A baby is conceived while the father is wearing the fabled Mask and 9 months later unto the world is born a nightmare child with cartoon god-like powers. On top of this, the pet dog, now jealous of the baby getting all the attention, has gotten it's hands on the mask and become a green-faced, revenge-seeking mutt.
Meanwhile, Loki, the fabled God of mischief (mentioned in the original movie, not featured), has been instructed by his father Odin to retrieve his mask due to the havoc it caused in the first film. Loki is the essence of the Mask and thus can also turn green and do the crazy cartoon stuff, so you get a total of four different and equally bizarre Mask-like characters, though obviously none quite living up to Jim Carrey. The hero of the movie is played by the funny chap who was a film buff in the Scream movies ("Did you put her liver in the mailbox? Because I read that the killer put her liverin the mailbox"), and he does a great job. Upon donning the mask he becomes the plastic-haired, catsuit-clad, cheesy gameshow host type (nice to see more different takes on what the mask does to different people) who is amusing though feels a little unnatural compared to the guy's great acting in "Dad form". Plenty of great CG just like the original, some spectacular visuals and designs, and for a movie so different to it's predecessor and so much more family friendly, it certainly does a good job of recreating the original atmosphere with nice lighting and settings. So, would I recommend it? If you're a hardcore fan of The Mask in the form of comic book, movie or even cartoon, probably not, because it's not what you will want from a sequel. For slightly more open-minded people looking for some fun and a few smiles of nostalgia from nods to the original, totally. It's a real side-splitter and it'd be even better for kids. There's no obligation to have seen the original either, it works as a film on it's own as well as a sequel, so don't worry if you want to entertain your very young kids but don't want to expose them to some of the more "PG" humour of the original. Then perhaps they can check the original out when they're a few years older. Underrated and great fun. It may not be the "Revenge of the Mask" movie we were promised all those years ago and it's not a masterpiece by any means (what sequel is?) but it's really nice to see a clever and creative sequel/followup to a film whose chances as a franchise we all thought were dead.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad,
This review is from: Son of the Mask [DVD] (DVD)
It's not as good as the Jim Carrey original but it's not a stinker. My two kids seem to like it anyway!
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant family film,
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This review is from: Son of the Mask [DVD] (DVD)
I was quite surprised how much we enjoyed this film as we love the Mask and this has nothing to do with Jim Carey. my 9yr old loved it and laughed all the way through.
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