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Son of the Mask
Metascore
20 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 21 out of 26
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  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    50
    In 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.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    50
    While not as edgy or funny as "The Mask," the popular 1994 "original" starring Jim Carrey, the movie offers eye-popping animation high-jinks and a warm-and-fuzzy story that reinforces what some would call family values.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    The characters twirl around like mini tornadoes, but between random brash moments of technological eye-tickling, Son of the Mask sags more than it spins.
  4. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    42
    A harried, screechy film that goes nowhere at a breakneck pace, full of sound and furious slapstick overkill but devoid of wit.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    40
    At its heart is a deep, unresolved ambivalence about child rearing.
  6. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    What 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.
  7. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    38
    Even with a new leading man and a more family-friendly rating, some things never change: The Mask still stars Industrial Light & Magic.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    What 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.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    30
    Most of the animated sequences, capably mixed with live action, leave a bad aftertaste, particularly when the ultimate fate of one beaten and battered human bystander after another is left callously unresolved. In other words, parents beware.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    The net result is a truly numbing experience.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    30
    Lacks "spark."
  12. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    30
    Too low-key and amiable to match the lubriciousness Jim Carrey brought to the original.
  13. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Cumming's antic acting is the only asset of this boisterous comedy.
  14. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    25
    Little kidniks with an appetite for zap-pow silliness might find this to their liking. Everyone else, beware.
  15. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    25
    A comedy so unfunny, it's tragic.
  16. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    25
    Icky and incompetent (special effects aside) in equal parts, this groaner makes 1994's "The Mask" look like something you'd study in a film graduate course at NYU.
  17. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    25
    Doing a sequel to "The Mask" without Jim Carrey sounds like a really bad idea. As Son of the Mask proves, it is.
  18. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    20
    Loud, mean-spirited and generally obnoxious, Son of the Mask makes the boisterous 1994 original look downright demure and refined.
  19. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Angel Cohn
    20
    S-s-s-smokin'? Hardly, this sequel to the 1994 Jim Carrey flick "The Mask" should have been snuffed out in the drawing room.
  20. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    20
    One presumes the only thing worse than making this disaster is actually watching it; wouldn't wish either on anyone.
  21. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    20
    It's astonishing how dull a movie that packs so much visual overstimulation into its frames can be.
  22. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    12
    At its least intolerable, the movie is a fatherhood freak-out.
  23. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    11
    But for anyone who assumed Kennedy's experiment couldn't sink any lower than "Malibu's Most Wanted," there are, it appears, ever deeper depths in the realm of comedic misfires.
  24. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    10
    An irredeemable mess, a computer-animated Punch and Judy show without wit, heart or a single memorable performance.
  25. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    0
    A witless and vulgar sequel.
  26. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    0
    No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like Son Of The Mask, but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be.
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User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 213 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 61
  3. Negative: 33 out of 61
  1. Zilcell
    5
    Son of the Mask can stand out on its own, but it is pretty mean spirited. In the movie, it is hard to understand who is the real main character. Most of them act villainous at one time or another. The visuals are great and the story is okay, but not great.… Full Review »
  2. MovieLonely94
    1
    whats the purpose of this movie? it missed the presence of Jim Carrey from the original. this is by far the worst.
  3. MikeS.
    10
    My kids want to watch this movie over and over. Very funny, crazy film.
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