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Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective

2009 · 93 min

A goofy, fast-paced kids' comedy full of slapstick animal antics and silly jokes, easy to watch and forget.

Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
Tagline
He's the burping, farting, snorting, spitting image of his dad.
Overview
"I will try to be normal" 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. Thats cool, except whats normal for him is finding missing mutts, kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • mystery
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism3
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

In this series

Ace Ventura Collection

  1. Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveMovie · 1994
  2. Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsMovie · 1995
  3. Ace Ventura Jr: Pet DetectiveMovie · 2009 This title

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Genres
comedy, family, adventure, crime
Directed by
David Mickey Evans
Written by
David Mickey Evans, Jason Heimberg, Jeff Sank, Justin Heimberg
Starring
Josh Flitter, Emma Lockhart, Ann Cusack, Cullen Douglas, Art LaFleur, Austin Rogers, Reed Alexander, Carina Conti
Music
Laura Karpman
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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