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From zero to hero morePlot:
Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 15 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Diaz Isn't Phased By Growing Older (From WENN. 11 May 2008, 3:49 PM, PDT)
Ten Things You Never Knew About Cameron Diaz (From digitalspy. 6 May 2008, 10:32 PM, PDT)
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How to cast Jim Carrey moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jim Carrey | ... | Stanley Ipkiss | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Lt. Mitch Kellaway | |
| Peter Greene | ... | Dorian Tyrell | |
| Amy Yasbeck | ... | Peggy Brandt | |
| Richard Jeni | ... | Charlie Schumaker | |
| Orestes Matacena | ... | Niko | |
| Tim Bagley | ... | Irv Ripley | |
| Nancy Fish | ... | Mrs. Peenman | |
| Johnny Williams | ... | Burt Ripley | |
| Reg E. Cathey | ... | Freeze (as Reginald E. Cathey) | |
| Jim Doughan | ... | Detective Doyle | |
| Denis Forest | ... | Sweet Eddy | |
| Cameron Diaz | ... | Tina Carlyle | |
| Joseph Alfieri | ... | Police Officer | |
| B.J. Barie | ... | Alley Punk #1 |
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97 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:12 | USA:PG (cut) | Argentina:Atp (original rating) | USA:TV-PG (edited tv version) | Ireland:12 | Brazil:Livre | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:II | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Thailand:PD-14MOVIEmeter: 
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The line "You love me, you really love me!" was originally said by Sally Field in an Oscar acceptance speech. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the beginning of the "Cuban Pete" dance number, there is a brief shot where Carrey has managed to pull out part of his shirt. By the next shot, however, the shirt is instantly tucked back in. moreQuotes:
[a bomb has just exploded inside The Mask, leading to a fiery belch]Mask: THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL!
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It's hard to use Jim Carrey in a movie. He's very good at his rapid-fire mimicry routine, but how can it ever be anything other than a diversion from both character and story? (Very rarely is it a pleasant diversion. `Ace Ventura' was unendurable.) And yet, what else can you do with him?
The `Mask' solves the problem so neatly it almost cheats. The story is ABOUT someone with a double life - so by day, Carrey does all the character and story stuff, and by night, wearing the mask, he does his stand-up schtick. The two are as integrated as they need to be. It's pulled off with such an air of innocence I can't possibly complain. SOME of the clichés (those to do with the police especially) are so very worn out that even the most thorough of movie-goers is surprised to find them still alive; but the writer seems to have been honestly unaware that they were clichés, so that's okay.
I was told that the film is saturated with animation in-jokes. I couldn't spot very many. Stanley-with-the-mask has the soul of a Tex Avery cartoon character: I suspect that's all there is to it. The computer animation, or the computer-enhancement of Carrey's animation, is tastefully done. It never looks pasted over the top of the footage the way so much computer animation does. (`The Mask' failed to win an Oscar in the special effects category - like so many other more deserving films, it was beaten by `Forrest Gump'.) The Cuban dance numbers are irresistible, as is Stanley's pet dog. Sure, `The Mask' is no masterpiece, but it's a clever, charming film that richly deserved its runaway success.