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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leonard Klady
    80
    This showcase for the talents of Jim Carrey is adroitly directed, viscerally and visually dynamic and just plain fun.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Joe Brown
    80
    Carrey's a human cartoon, and his spontaneous, Avery-esque, anything-for-a-laugh outrageousness makes this otherwise blank Mask a must-see.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    75
    This gifted clown has found the right vehicle for his souped-up silliness. Carrey is the ultimate party dude, and like the masked man says, this party is smokin'.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    The result is a movie character who seems half real, half animated.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    75
    Carrey's jolly green mug carries Mask. [29 July 1994, p. D1]
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  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    63
    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.
  7. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    60
    The funniest moment comes when Carrey mimes the effects of the Mask without special effects.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    The results are easy to watch, though awfully familiar and simpleminded.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    The Mask, a rattletrap Jekyll-and-Hyde farce, surrounds Carrey with a nothing plot and a cast of ciphers. Still, his scenes as the Mask are rowdy and enjoyable.
  10. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    50
    Carrey has yet to find the perfect vehicle for himself, but The Mask, while hardly as fantastic as it should have been, is a step in the right direction.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    50
    Mike Werb's screenplay -- just a rickety framework for Carrey's consummate clowning -- lacks a propelling plot and has zip in terms of secondary character development.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    30
    An astonishingly lazy and perfunctory effort that does little to realize his (Carrey) comic potential.
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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. grandpajoe6191
    7
    "The Mask" is very childesh in a general term despite it's elite CGI. BUT. It's Jim Carrey's half real, half animated acting that saves the movie.
  2. Critic2012
    7
    The Mask is an explosively fun and hilarious film filled with cheesy and comical scenes that you just can't help laughing at. "Tell Scarlet I DO give a damn!"… Full Review »
  3. j30
    6
    The Mask is good movie on a small level, it's entertaining, it's relatively funny, and it introduces us to Cameron Diaz. It is certainly not a must-see, great movie, but just simply OK?… Full Review »
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