better than the first movie. i enjoyed seeing this with my kids who wouldn't stop talking about their favorite scenes for hours. packed with great scenes. very funny.

Wildly entertaining. not without flaws but so unique and funny i have to give it a 10.

Mad action. outstanding family flick.

Inventive, crazy, hilarious.

Who are all these people giving this movie 10? I suspect it is the same studio person as the writing style is very similar. How desperate!

Jamie kennedy is so funny. and so is the movie. thank you.

This movie stinks! Where's Jim Carrey?!

My kids want to watch this movie over and over. Very funny, crazy film.

I believe the question is why?

Crappy movie.

I don't see what the big fuss is. Yes this is a terrible movie, but certainly not as bad as Alone in the Dark or The Wedding Date, which were both more painful than this. The director keeps the pace lively enough that the film never gets boring, but the crappy CGI-animation, Bob Hoskins in a wildly obvious I-need-to-pay-next-months-rent role, and the usually great Alan Cumming reduced to a silly cartoon are all enough reasons to skip this turkey.… Expand

It totally grew on me, so i saw it twice. if it's your thing, you will really enjoy this.

Funny, funny, funny movie.

Almost didn't go because of the reviews. glad i went. more than a kid's movie. unlike anything else. reminds me of roger rabbit but different and funnier. a very good movie.

I loved this movie. THE CRITICS ARE MORONS!

Cool movie and very funny. a solid cast. far, far better than i expected given the reviews. i want to see it again.

This is a steaming pile of garbage.

It's awesome. I just rented the dvd and thought it was funny, funny, funny. Did the people rating this movie so low even see it? It is not a sequel at all. It's its own story. If you are expecting a continuation of the first Mask, you will be disappointed. But if you see it for what it is - an original movie with the Mask, then you will really enjoy this. Amazing effects and really funny.… Expand

I am a huge Mask fan, and I must admit I did miss Jim Carrey in Son of the Mask, but it is very different from the first movie and stands on its own nicely. The story is quite good. And there are many fun scenes. And while the cast puts in a solid performance, especially Alan Cumming as Loki, no one lives up to Jim Carrey. Still, the effects are crazy and the dog is better in this movie than the first one. And I enjoyed watching the baby drive Dad nuts. 9 stars.… Expand

The worst movie I have ever seen. Not funny, lame, and Jamie Kennedy needs to realize he is not Jim Carrey and he cannot attempt the same slap stick humor it just looks so bad that you almost feel sorry for the poor looser.

Where's Jim Carey? He's not dead, or at least i don't think he's dead. I mean, he did eat that bomb at the end of the first one. Anyways, They needed him very badly in this film. The main problem with the whole movie that I had was that they didn't really use the mask and the whole GOD thing just made it seem even stupider than it actually was.

Childish, unfunny, and boring.

Son of the Mask is one grand, wildly entertaining live action cartoon with a simple fable at its core about putting family first. From the first minute of the film to the last it delivers like a classic Tex Avery and Chuck Jones short complete with up in arms critical reviews for its subversive and rebellious but ultimately hilarious, harmless and fun spirit. Without spoiling it, I can report the story lines are simple and fresh. Dads who can't cope. Kids who can't help but make mischief. And a jealous dog who isn't prepared to be pushed aside in the family by a baby. Son of the Mask may be missing Jim Carrey's charismatic, manic performance but it features many good performances where as the first movie only had one. The cast is solid and charming throughout with Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cummings, Traylor Howard, and feature performances by Bob Hoskins, Steven Wright and the dog and baby all pitching in to make Son more consistently entertaining than the original. And where as the 1994 film bogged down in cliche plot lines, characters and dreadfully low energy sequences when Jim Carrey wasn't in the Mask, Son of the Mask is anything but bland. It's insane. It grabs you. And it's full of laughs. Carrey fans may enter the theatre missing him, but many will exit forgetting all about a ten year old movie after witnessing the surprisingly strong Son of the Mask. I would give it an eleven for originality if I could and dock it a couple points for rushing through its rather unique plot points. But don't take it from me or listen to the industry critics who have missed the boat on this gem. Go see it for yourself. Son of the Mask is like nothing else and very funny. I am Joe Kritic and I give it a 10.… Expand

The worst film of all time? Could be! It makes the "Police Academy" films look funny.

Junk!

Don't waste your time or money.

In "Son of the Mask". there's a cute baby and a dog; and, oh, references to "The Exorcist" and Gerald Scarfe's animation in "Pink Floyd; The Wall". This sequel to the highly successful Jim Carrey vehicle recalls Joe Dante's segment for "The Twilight Zone" movie, in which, cartoon violence is depicted in reality. With another soundtrack, and a different interpretation of this material, "Son of the Mask" could easily be a horror movie.… Expand

The fact that people actually went to this movie and thought it might be good is so sad that I have lost all hope for humanity. Come on, Son of Mask!?

Totally retarded and dumb. What a waste of money.

Funniest movie i have seen in 2005. The story and scene work is clever and the live action cartoon visuals inspired.

Extremely funny and insane. My kids loved it. And I enjoyed it to. Funny, funny, funny and fun to watch.

Inspired lunacy. Unpredictable story lines. I loved it.

By far......the WORST movie I ever saw. It was physically painful for me to sit in my seat and after 25 minutes, my children (3 and 8-year olds) wouldn't even sit through it......nuff said.

Don't watch it and for heavens sake don't buy the DVD!!!

Much better than expected. I don't care that Jim Carrey isn't in it. The cast is good and the movie is great. The best movie I have seen for parents and kids since the Incredibles. A really cool movie.

Anyone that likes this is lying. They got payed 50 grand by the people that made this monstrosity, so they're now bankrupt since they lost so much on this treachous, backstabbing, moronic sequel. In a way it's dissapointing, but not in the way like i was expecting much (which i didn't), but it's dissapointing because the mask was a great film and they ruined it with that moron Jamie Kennedy. Boo to all thos involved with this, BOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Take that film threat fer dissin' Chamber of Secrets.)… Expand

I watched this movie hoping that there would be some sign of JIm Carry, but sadly no.The special effects sucked, and what was up with Jamie Kennedy's face when he put it on. Worst movie I have ever seen

An 8 out 10...an 8 out of 10!!!??? If their was any proof that America's IQ is going down the crapper, one can look no farther than the poor souls that gave this an 8 or higher. A movie directed with all the subtlety of a jackhammer and wit of Pauly Shore...It is pure garbage.

To make a sequel to the Mask, you must include Jim Carrey. Or else, it just wont be the sequel to the Mask.. Pitiful.

I love how there are either 10s or 1's as people's score. You don't see any 5s or 6s... which means you either love or hate it. i hate it. Maybe would have been ok if i was 15 years younger.

Films are getting more and more awful by the second and this film is no exception. Its one of those films that is shot nealry entirly with a fish bowl lens and extreme closeups. The effects were awful, the acting was horrific, and the cinemography story and everything else was so horid. How this got a rating of 7.8 from users is way beyond me. This film falls under the category of AVOID AT ALL COSTS!… Expand

Son of the mask just doesn't quite cut it with the absense of Jim Carrey and the fact that is more based on the kid's crazy stuff then the actual mask. Is not a bad thing but some jokes feel old and overall the plot and story are too bland. Kids could find good things here and there but teenagers and adults won't find that much enjoyment on this one.

Sucked! I got free tickets and I feel like I wasted 90 minutes of my time.

Son of the mask is pure garbage. The director Lawrence Guterman is using it to advance kidde porno. He is disgusting.

$100,000,000 The figure you see above is what New Line Cinema paid to make this horrendously inept piece of garbage posing as family entertainment. It's downright insulting, not only to the audience that pays to see this, but also to every struggling screenwriter or director with a dream to make a movie that fails. To think that studio upon studio regularly turns down scripts that are a thousand times greater than this, and which would probably cost only a fraction of the cost to make, while this gets greenlighted -- well, it's enough to make you lose faith altogether. Just to show you how stupefying it is for a movie company to throw this kind of coinage at such a superfluous sequel -- the original film, The Mask, only grossed $120 million domestically. That film had a red-hot Jim Carrey. This film has Jamie Kennedy. That film cost only $18 million to make. This film will be lucky to make even that. Jamie Kennedy (Malibu's Most Wanted, Bug) stars as struggling cartoonist Tim Avery, whose dog finds the Mask of Loki and which Tim ends up sporting at a company function. The Mask makes the wearer become a live-action cartoon character, which is perfect for inspiring the cartoonist, who soon sees a promotion come his way for the spectacle he performs in front of his bosses. Meanwhile, Tim's doting wife (Traylor Howard, "Bram & Alice") pressures him into a baby, which just happens to have been conceived while the mask was in full swing, giving the young child all of the powers of the mask. All the while, Loki (Cumming, X2), the god of mischief himself, is in search of his long-lost mask, going from baby to baby, trying to find the owner so that he might recover it. I came into Son of the Mask with about the lowest expectations one could have for a movie, and needless to say, I came out of it still flabbergasted at just how dismal an experience it truly is. Astonishing is perhaps the only way I can describe it, as I sat in amazement, mouth agape, witnessing one of the most grandiose wastes of time, money and energy to ever get a wide theatrical release. There is almost no story to the movie at all. It seems that the only game plan behind any of it was to throw as many special effects at the audience as possible, hoping we will be dazzled enough to ignore the fact that there is no tangible plot or story cohesion. Wave after wave of special effects fill the screen, but even this move backfires, as they are some of the most repugnantly rendered, childishly conceived, and abominably executed visuals you may actually see this year. Yes, I do realize it is supposed to be an emulation of a cartoon, but watching talking and dancing babies borders on the grotesque, with a level of bad taste that will have you retching. In one final insult, the MPAA has blessed this travesty with a PG rating, almost ensuring that families looking to take their children to a film for everyone will flock to it. How much of the $100 million went to pay off the ratings board? This movie's only attempts at humor are of the bodily function variety. Watch a young boy piss in his father's face. Watch the same young boy spew vomit all over the inside windshield. Listen to the sounds of Jamie Kennedy overwhelm Alan Cumming with kung fu flatulence. More sweet sounds are heard when baby makes poop in his diapers -- quite loudly. A woman's head is converted into a large nose, and she sneezes mucus out on someone. Watch the people in the audience around you vomit all over the theater floor simultaneously. Son of the Mask is a tedious and utterly revolting way to spend 86 minutes, and even if they paid you $7.50 to see it, instead of the other way around, it wouldn't be worth it. Using your money as toilet paper would be putting it to better use (well, maybe not the 50 cent part, but you know what I mean), and would save you from wasting quite a bit of cumulative time for you and your family. Take them to the park -- it's free, and will leave you in far better spirits -- and use what you save to buy or rent the original film instead. This film doesn't deserve a penny of your money, it deserves a vasectomy, if only to be sure no chances of having any more offspring to pollute theaters with again.… Expand

I caught this movie at a screening the other day, and I was pretty happy with it. Overall, the special effects, while being a bit much, were pretty entertaining, as was Jamie Kennedy's performance. It was a nice lighthearted movie, pretty much the anti-Constantine. If you're into this kind of movie (like if you have kids), then you'll do well seeing this film.

I think this film deserves better than the 3.9 rating it's got going on right now. Yeah, obviously without Jim Carrey the film doesn't have the star power that the first one did, but I don't really think that keeps it from being an enjoyable film. The acting was decent, and the story (while a little farfetched) is good enough to keep your attention. I know a lot of you will disagree, but I dug the movie.… Expand

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It lacked any kind of imagination and had verry littl directional focus. I found myself thinking where is this goign? more than once.

This movie was the most boring movie that I have ever, in my life, had to sit through. A complete watse of time.

Are all the positive reviewers here paid employees [or, worse, unpaid interns]? let's see a show of hands. I figured as much.

A witless and vulgar sequel.

EXTREMELY FUNNY. I guess peeps either love or hate this movie. I loved it. The dvd has a ton of bonus material with 19 deleted and extended scenes. Highly recommend for its fantastic cartoony imagery and funny, funny scenes.

Clever, fun movie. I don't get the critics on this one at all. My kids loved this movie, and when they wanted to watch it a second time, my wife and I were more than happy to join them. A great movie for kids. We haven't seen many that are much better.

Irredeemably awful and brainless sequel. I would also like to speculate that the positive comments here are being posted by paid studio employees, I find it very hard to believe that real people with actual free will or the capacity to think critically could enjoy such drudgery.

I agree this is a fantastic movie for kids. Imaginative and funny. The Jim Carrey whiners here need to realize that this movie was made for kids. It is not a continuation of the first movie and isn't meant to be. It's for kids. And it's an excellent movie in that regard.

It's not often you see a movie with all special effects and no script but this is it.

Surprisingly funny, fun movie. The critics are way off to me. Maybe they are hung up on the absence of Jim Carrey. If you can get past that, you might really enjoy this one.

Wow. I had avoided this movie because of the criticism but finally saw it and was blown away. Hilarious, unique, genuinely good film, albeit it's a family movie and not like the first Mask in that way. Maybe this should not have been a Mask sequel. There's something brilliant about this picture but it seemed to get tripped up by the title and the expectations it set for Jim Carrey fans and fans of the first movie. It's so unlike the first Mask that it would have been better off if they just went with it's own title, since it's clearly it's own story and new characters. Having finally seen it, I thoroughly enjoyed it.… Expand

whats the purpose of this movie? it missed the presence of Jim Carrey from the original. this is by far the worst.