The Mask: Critic Reviews

Carrey now has the clout to find a vehicle worthy of his hyperactive gooniness. When he does, we'll see if he's truly a jester for our time or simply the moron of the moment.

Bright-eyed, crazily intense, irrepressibly silly, Mr. Carrey can be funny without fireworks. He deserves material clever enough to let him do just that.

Doesn't have any more material than a Tex Avery cartoon.

Even without the state-of-the-art, boundary-busting computerized effects from Industrial Light & Magic, Carrey's a human cartoon, and his spontaneous, Avery-esque, anything-for-a-laugh outrageousness makes this otherwise blank Mask a must-see.

The Mask is a perfect vehicle for the talents of Jim Carrey, who underwhelmed me with Ace Ventura, Pet Detective but here seems to have found a story and character that work together with manic energy.

The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded.

Adroitly directed, viscerally and visually dynamic and just plain fun.

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.

Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin'.

...a kind of Roger Rabbit on steroids that still holds up well after all these years.

The Mask is highly enjoyable -- if you can bear Carrey's constant tics and mugging.

Though the story has a certain universal appeal -- who hasn't felt like a useless jerk and wished to wake up capable of anything? -- the execution is oddly sour and distasteful.

This special effects extravaganza is s good star vehicle for Jim Carrey, exhibiting his skills and his shticks; in a small part, the sexy Cameron Diaz is bound to become a leading lady.

[It] wouldn't have been possible without Jim Carrey, who commands the physically demanding lead role with exuberant confidence.

The design is bright as a button and the transformation scenes real eye-poppers, but the film's best special effect is putty-faced Carrey with his razzle-dazzle star turn as the affable Stanley and his manic alter ego.

Cartoony fun with a bombastic Jim Carrey.

Despite everything, it's still a marvellously energetic movie.

CG overkill salvaged by Carrey's maniacal performance.