7/10
Very flawed, yet is raises more than a couple of laughs
13 May 2015
(66%) A sequel that for many many years never looked likely to happen. Jim Carrey turned his nose up to millions of dollars by not agreeing to sign a contract for the likes of The mask 2 and Ace Ventura 3. Jeff Daniels is a well respected actor who doesn't really need to rekindle past hits, while the Farrelly brothers have dipped down to such low levels that even recent past glories feel like a long time ago. Now there's a touch of desperation about this entry that the original never had one ounce of, yet I still took more from this than I had once feared. For me there's enough laughs, some of them big, for the most part this works, and it's just nice to have Lloyd and Harry back for one more time, even if they resemble cartoon characters even more than they did the first time round. This isn't by any means as good as the original, it's also much more gross-out in nature and certainly rough around the edges, but as a B-side with it's own charms and solid entertainment value this for me hits the target even if said target is pretty low.
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