Son of the Mask | Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard

Son of the Mask | Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard | An Awesome Sequel!!!

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Son of the Mask

	Son of the Mask Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard Turner Home Entertainment, 2005 average customer review:based on 91 reviews
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Son of the Mask is a frantic sequel tailor-made for short attention spans. For 86 manic minutes, this belated follow-up to 1994's Jim Carrey hit The Mask compensates for Carrey's absence by casting Jamie Kennedy as a cut-rate animator who becomes heavily animated himself (courtesy of non-stop computer-animated effects) when he dons the ancient mask that belongs to Loki (Alan Cumming, nicely cast), the Norse god of mischief. As in the Carrey film, the mask turns its wearers into cartoonish whirlwinds of confident bluster, and that includes a little dog named Otis, and especially Kennedy's mask-induced offspring, a frenetic shape-shifting baby that's more creepy than comedic, like Ally McBeal's dancing infant on steroids and speed. This woebegone sequel quickly vanished from theaters, but it's a harmless babysitter that kids will enjoy, from the director of the similarly effects-driven Cats & Dogs. --Jeff Shannon

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solid stuff

Alright, let me explain why I love Son of the Mask: if you watch the movie JUST for the special effects, I think you will find yourself really into it, and your opinions will go up.

As for the storyline and character development and all that stuff... well, there's really not a whole lot of it. In fact, hardly none. If there's any development going on, it's just BARELY there. It's the type of comedy that's really far-fetched, but I honestly believe the special effects save the thing. I've never EVER seen so many "totally out there" effects in all my life. As you can imagine, the pacing is pretty fast too.

Most of the focus is on the little baby, who really cracks me up with all the exaggerated special effects they gave him. The same can be said for the family dog. It's just like watching a cartoon, only it's NOT a cartoon!

The effects are EXTRAORDINARY! Not to mention NONSTOP. You're watching one crazy effect right after another- quite fascinating to watch them and it's quite easy to get sucked in to this fantasy land of infinite possibilities.

Don't worry about the characters you see on screen, or anything like that. Just watch the special effects.

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An Awesome Sequel!!!

I think this is a really good movie! I love it for what it is, and think it's a good new direction, instead of going back to Stanley Ipkiss. Ten years after the original, we meet Tim Avery and his sexy wife, Tonya. (Jamie kennedy does an awesome job as Tim. He's always hilarious!) Their dog, Otis finds the mask and brings it to him. At a HALLOWEEN party, Tim puts the mask on, and becomes just as zany as Stanley had. After the party, he goes home and makes sweet love to his wife with the mask on. Nine months later, little Alvey is born and has the powers of the mask. Loki, the god of mischief is looking for the mask and the baby. When Tonya leaves town, Tim has to care for Alvey, but Alvey is trying to drive him crazy. Finally, Alvey begins to like his dad. Loki finds both the mask and Alvey and holds Alvey hostage. Tim needs the mask to help stop Loki. Tonya comes back and doesn't believe whats happening. Tim and Loki use their powers to stop each other. When it comes to making Alvey pick who he wants to go with, Tim doesn't need the mask to show how much he loves him. If you love comedy, and the original, you might like SON OF THE MASK!!!!

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I've seen far, far worse.

Just a few quick points in response to the overwhelming negative reaction to Son of the Mask.

1) No, it isn't as good as the original. Then again, it doesn't even try to be the original.

2) The only movie worse than Dumb and Dumberer is The Howling II, so enough with the comparisons. At least this film had the visual acumen to pull off a terrific running gag about the kid and the dog going at one another, in essence creating a sensational live action Loony Tunes scenario. In fact, the visuals throughout this movie were superb. I don't mind a reliance on eye candy if the film in question is clearly designed to rely on eye candy. Such was the case here. Dumb and Dumberer is just..well....Dumb and Dumberer. 'Nuff said.

3) To paraphrase Roger Ebert's movie glossary term "The Harry Dean Stanton rule"- which states that any movie with Harry Dean Stanton in it can't be all bad - no film with Alan Cumming in it is all bad. In fact, Cumming is the highlight of this film. Aside from the dog, his Loki was the funniest character in the movie, with Cumming turning in a lively, well-timed performance. This compensated for the admittedly lackluster performance by Kennedy.

4) There might have been a time when I felt ashamed of admitting my continued support of such a universally panned film, but that was before the inexplicable success of Napoleon Dynamite- a mostly theoretical comedy with nary a single genuine laugh to it's credit which, somehow, the art house fanatics catapulted to mainstream success.I kid you not, I didn't know if I wanted to drive a sledgehammer though my television screen or commit suicide while watching Napoleon Dynamite. The presumed humor in that film isn't dry- it's arid. Yet the masses gorged themselves at it's trough. If having "taste" means sitting through miserable films like that, I'll stick to my "tasteless" Tex Avery inspired lunacy, thanks. At least Son of the Mask made me laugh for most of it's running time. No, I'm not really a fan of pee jokes nor slapstick -unless I'm well aware going into a film that it contians all of them. Then I can set my brain in neutral and just enjoy. I even enjoyed the message about family (though it was laid on thick).

Bottom line: Son of the Mask is a live action cartoon, folks, not Shakespeare. Try not to read too much into it and you may just get a kick out of it. Not a masterpiece and definitely inferior to the original, but genuinely funny at times and visually a joy to watch.

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Funny Movie.

This is a very funny movie, my kids love it. I would have liked to have known it came from a 'smoking' home since my son has allergies.

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