IT WAS DIRECTED BY SOMEONE WHO ONLY HAD ONE (MADE-FOR-TV) MOVIE ON HIS DIRECTING RESUME.ĭespite the belief it was a “ Fletch for the ‘90s,” Morgan Creek could not come up with a way to get Jack Bernstein's script for Ace Ventura made. Here are some facts about the film to read with the laces out. But it wasn’t until he starred as the titular pet detective searching for Snowflake, the Miami Dolphins’ mascot, in 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, that Carrey achieved super-stardom.
Jim Carrey’s physical, over-the-top comedy was a staple of the sketch comedy show In Living Color.