# Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

> A wildly hyperactive Miami pet detective uses animal intuition and outrageous antics to recover a stolen football-team dolphin mascot.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2003

## Facts

- Runtime: 86 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Director: Tom Shadyac
- Cast: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc, Dan Marino, Noble Willingham, Troy Evans, Raynor Scheine
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109040/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: irreverent, frantic, bawdy, nostalgic comedy night, party viewing

## Movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

- [Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/259)
- [Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/661)
- [The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/4726)
- [Showtime (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/3257)
- [The Mask (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/699)
- [Blue Streak (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/6030)
- [Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/4475)
- [K-911 (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/26664)
- [Dumb and Dumber To (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/68035)
- [Screwed (2000)](https://ember.film/movie/11757)

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