Son of the Mask

Yesterday I went to an advanced screening of the film Son of the Mask, which stars Jamie Kennedy of such unforgettable films like Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, and Malibu's Most Wanted. Despite some great visual effects work from certain companies, nothing else can redeem this hundred million dollar flop.

One hundred million, you say? Yes, I do say. This is a PG rated movie, and while there were several children in the audience, I don't recall any of them laughing at the right moments. Many of us cringed in agony at some of the antics on screen. Did they really expect to pull off another Mask? Leave well enough alone. Jim Carrey was good enough to pull that film out of the gutter where it could have landed.

I would definitely skip this movie. Even if you have kids, it's better to just watch reruns of Finding Nemo or A Bug's Life. Maybe they'll figure out next time that making babies dance in the most freakish way possible is not the way to get an audience into a theatre. Ugh. I would have had more fun spending 90 minutes watching grass grow.