For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Expected more

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

The Mask is both a different kind of comic book movie and hero! If he is even a hero is debatable, but he IS the protagonist of the film! There is no life changing accident that makes him a hero or a loss that sets him on a path of the grim and dark anti-hero! His life isn't too great before getting the titular mask, but nothing is truly awful either. When he wears the mask he receives some awesome powers and turns into an exaggerated version of himself(or Jim Carrey) an overly hyperactive jester with a broken heart(or a lonely heart at least) and then the fun begins... And it is fun, this movie is outrageously fun and thoroughly enjoyable!

First, I would like to say that without Jim Carrey; the Grinch, Ace Ventura, (the mask) and many other classic movies, wouldn't have been half of what they are. The Mask is an older movie that stars Jim as Stanley Ipcus, an overly nice bank teller who's kind of a push over. One day, Stanley meets Tina (Cameron Diaz), a dancer at the local night club and a bombshell. Stanley doesn't have the guts at first to ask her out, but he finds an old Norse mask (it belongs to Loki, god of mischief) by accident. When he puts on the mask, he becomes a flirtatious cartoon character that has superpowers and a large amount of confidence, something Stanley lacked on the outside. I love this movie, and I think that compared to movies around its time, they went for a new style mixing cartoon comedy and real characters. This allows for a younger audience to enjoy it as well as the parents of said kids. Yes, there are definitely some corny scenes, especially the fight scenes, but this sort of laid the framework for future movies that would do this type of interaction. I gave it a 9/10 because it had my attention the whole movie, Cameron Diaz is a bombshell, and Jim Carrey couldn't have played the Mask any better (in my opinion). One of the best scenes in this movie is where the mob boss makes one of his henchmen lay down and he hits a golf ball off a tee in his mouth. This scene was particularly powerful because the rest of the movie is relatively calm and less violent but this scene had a lot of potential for it. The mob boss ends up letting him go and this power play scene showed no questions to who's in charge, and what he's willing to do if you cross him. Of course, at this time in film history, happy-ever-after endings were quite popular, and this was one of them. The final fight scene is quite unorthodox, but Milo saves the day and the way they incorporated all the characters backstories and tied them together, really made the movie amazing to me.

'The Mask (1994)' has some surprisingly deep allegorical undertones and a nice message about being yourself, and your best self at that, to overcome the problems you previously thought someone in a mask would be better suited to solve. It also has a real underlying darkness, which shouldn't be shocking to anyone familiar with the much harsher and more cynical source material, which contrasts nicely with the cartoony powers possessed by the wearer of the eponymous facial facade. This is one of my favourite comedies because the humour comes from such an honest place, our hero first hiding his insecurities and then them being unceremoniously released in sometimes creepy ways, and the story itself works incredibly well without relying on its laughs as a crutch. It does all this while using its incredibly inventive and wonderfully realised rubbery, real-life toon aesthetic to brilliant effect. This is a real highlight of Carrey's career. 9/10

The film is slightly inspired by a Gothic comic magazine, where a mask is responsible for the irrational and dangerous attitudes of several people. The film, devoid of this negative charge, is a comedy that marked the nineties and revolves around Stanley Ipkiss, a naive and romantic banking employee played by Jim Carrey. He is the happy owner of a rudimentary wooden mask, of Viking origin, which he discovers to have the gift of freeing the desires and behaviors normally withdrawn by people due to fears or social conventions. The mask also gives its wearer an unusual resistance, speed and invulnerability.The film was one of the most thrilling successes of the career of Jim Carrey, who was for a decade the king of comedy in Hollywood. The actor shows to be tireless, giving the film a contagious energy. Carrying the film on its back until the end, Carrey laughs and makes laugh countless times, never losing the focus of his character and all the emotions he need to show. After all, Ipkiss is not a clown, but a loser with deep feelings and a lot of solitude. A true test of versatility which paved the way for other comedies, without closing doors to a lot of dramatic works, in which the actor would prove to be resourceful and talented. Cameron Diaz enters the film through a very simple and little-worked character. Thought as a supporting character, it would have been mere figuration with lines if the actress did not strive to do a decent job with the meager material she received. Special effects and animation are a focal point of the film, and have been brilliantly performed. The photograph is very elegant, with attractive colors and a good light.