The Mask (1994)

The Mask rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 464K votes

Rotten Tomatoes81%

Metacritic59%

TMDb6.988/10· 11K votes

With 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 59/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Mask

Stanley Ipkiss, an insecure banker who has lost his zest for life stumbles upon an ancient mask, that turns him into a confident suave cartoon-like character who upsets his ordinary life.

Cast of The Mask

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  Jim Carrey

  as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask

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  Peter Riegert

  as Mitch Kellaway

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  Peter Greene

  as Dorian Tyrrell

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  Amy Yasbeck

  as Peggy Brandt

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  Richard Jeni

  as Charlie Schumaker

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  Orestes Matacena

  as Niko

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  Tim Bagley

  as Irv

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  Nancy Fish

  as Mrs. Peenman

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  Johnny Williams

  as Burt

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  Reg E. Cathey

  as Freeze

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  Jim Doughan

  as Doyle

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  Denis Forest

  as Sweet Eddy

The Mask facts

Budget

$23M

Box office

$351.6M

Collection

The Mask Collection

Our take on The Mask

Chuck Russell's 1994 comedy blends slapstick, crime caper and cartoon fantasy around Jim Carrey's rubber-limbed physicality. Stanley Ipkiss, a timid banker who has lost his appetite for life, stumbles onto an ancient mask that transforms him into a brash, suave, cartoon-like alter ego who promptly upends his ordinary existence. The film treats its wish-fulfillment gimmick as a playground for exaggerated gags, green-faced mischief and a light romantic thread. It suits viewers who want broad, energetic comedy with a comic-book sensibility and don't mind sincerity mixed into the mayhem. Come for the manic transformations, stay for the mild-mannered heart beneath all the noise and mischief.