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Name: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Genre: adventure, comedy, crime
Released: 1995
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.4

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls has an iRankMovies score of 48.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

New animals. New adventures. Same hair.

Release:1995

Runtime:1h 30m

Country:United States

Director:Steve Oedekerk

Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyCrime

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Keywords

KidnappingAfricaIndigenousHuman Animal RelationshipBatStupiditySlapstick ComedyAnimals

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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 248K votes

Rotten Tomatoes23%

Metacritic43%

TMDb6.3/10· 5K votes

With 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 43/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

Cast of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Jim Carrey
as Ace Ventura
Ian McNeice
as Fulton Greenwall
Simon Callow
as Vincent Cadby
M
Maynard Eziashi
as Ouda
Bob Gunton
as Burton Quinn
Sophie Okonedo
as The Wachati Princess
Tommy Davidson
as The Tiny Warrior
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Hitu
Danny Daniels
as Wachootoo Witch Doctor
S
Sam Phillips
as Wachootoo Chief
Damon Standifer
as Wachati Chief
Andrew Steel
as Mick Katie

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls facts

Budget: $30M
Box office: $212.4M
Collection: Ace Ventura Collection

Our take on Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Steve Oedekerk directs this 1995 comedy adventure that summons pet detective Ace Ventura from a Tibetan ashram to the jungles of Africa. His mission: find Shikaka, the sacred animal of the peaceful Wachati tribe, before the princess's wedding to a Wachootoo prince. Fail, and a vicious tribal war will follow. The plot is really a frame for broad slapstick, rubber-faced mugging and gleefully absurd set pieces built around its manic hero. It suits viewers in the mood for silly, energetic, unashamedly juvenile comedy and fans of the first film's brand of humor. Anyone allergic to over-the-top mugging and crude gags will want to steer well clear.

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