5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Overview
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around an apolitical crime (animal kidnapping) and its resolution through an eccentric, individualistic detective, with no explicit promotion of either progressive or conservative ideologies.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast and does not incorporate explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without any central DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
The film's portrayal of gender identity is highly problematic, using the reveal of the villain's biological sex as a source of disgust and mockery. Ace Ventura's extreme reaction reinforces harmful transphobic stereotypes, presenting the character's identity as inherently repulsive rather than with dignity or respect.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective features a transsexual character whose identity is central to the villain's deception. The revelation is used as a plot twist, primarily serving as a source of shock, disgust, and mockery, with characters reacting with extreme revulsion and public humiliation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an original film, not an adaptation or reboot. All characters were created for this movie, meaning there was no prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped from. The plot's gender disguise element does not meet the definition of a gender swap.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material. All characters were created for this movie, meaning there were no prior canonical racial depictions to be altered. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.6
Critic Ratings
4.8
3.7
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