# Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

> A wildly physical animal detective blunders through an African tribal crisis while trying to recover a sacred bat before war erupts.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4475

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Crime, Comedy, Adventure
- Director: Steve Oedekerk
- Cast: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi, Bob Gunton, Sophie Okonedo, Tommy Davidson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112281/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: irreverent, frantic, cartoonish, comedy night, nostalgic 1990s movie night

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