Son of the Mask
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 225 Ratings
- Starring: Alan Cumming, Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard
- Summary: A decade after the legendary Mask of Loki wreaked havoc on the life of an unsuspecting adult, the magical mask finds its way into the possession of a child in the family comedy Son of the Mask. (New Line Cinema)
- Director: Lawrence Guterman
- Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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Mixed: 5 out of 26
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Negative: 21 out of 26
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50In actuality, it's silly fun custom-tailored for reluctant young fathers and that entire clan of 20-something man-children who still read comic books and play video games, guys who do everything possible to resist the notion of adult responsibility.
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38What the filmmakers missed in assuming the mask from the earlier film is that it was Carrey's astonishing physical comedy that made that film a hit, not the animation.
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38What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects, while the plot, like Wile E. Coyote, keeps running into the wall.
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38Even with a new leading man and a more family-friendly rating, some things never change: The Mask still stars Industrial Light & Magic.
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Positive: 26 out of 65
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Mixed: 2 out of 65
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Negative: 37 out of 65
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MikeS.10My kids want to watch this movie over and over. Very funny, crazy film.
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Bobbyb4
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GavinC3Childish, unfunny, and boring.
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