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Release Date • USA: Feb 18, 2005 • UK: 11 Feb 2005 DVD Release Date • R1: May 17, 2005
Budget USD 100,000,000 BoxOffice: $17.0M
Official Website:
Son of the Mask Website
MPAA Rating Rated PG for action, crude and suggestive humor and language.
Running Time 1 hour, 26 minutes
Country USA, Germany
Production Companies Dark Horse Entertainment, Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 1 KG, New Line Cinema, Radar Pictures Inc.
Studio New Line Cinema
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles • Son of the Mask (2005) • The Mask 2 • Untitled Mask Project
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Supernatural
Tagline: Who's next?
Plot: Just as aspiring cartoonist Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) gets over his fear of parenthood with the birth of his new son Alvey, he quickly finds himself in over his head as his new baby is born with the Mask’s spectacular powers. Further complicating matters is the family’s jealous dog, who turns the household upside down and sparks a comical kid-versus-canine battle for control of the Mask. But unbeknownst to them all, the mischievous Norse god Loki (Alan Cumming) has come looking for his Mask, and is willing to do whatever it takes to get it back.
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What we basically have here is a license for the filmmakers to do whatever they want to do with the special effects, while the plot, like Wile E. Coyote, keeps running into the wall.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Son of the Mask has very little structure, which explains why the comedic offspring of Jim Carrey's breakout vehicle perpetually remains one rattle shake away from slipping out of its cinematic diaper and causing an odorous mess. C---Sean O'Connell (Flipsidemovies.com)
Son of the Mask is a tedious and utterly revolting way to spend 86 minutes, and even if they paid you $7.50 to see it, instead of the other way around, it wouldn't be worth it.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
It’s an awful, unoriginal, infuriating, and endless mess......It’s unspeakably creepy. Maybe it’s exploitative, or it’s an easy, lazy way to get comedy and cuteness at once.  --Pete Croatto (FilmCritic.com)
It's doggie vs. baby vs. daddy vs. deity in a sequel so cartoonish it makes Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) look like a dry documentary.  --Tyler Hanley
Allegedly "family-friendly," it's definitely a contender for my 10 Worst Movies of 2005 list. And what's really creepy is that, when Jamie Kennedy dons "The Mask," he morphs into Gary Busey look-alike that's melded with Nick Nolte. 1/10--Susan Granger
As a cautionary tale for prospective parents, SON OF THE MASK is pretty much perfect. As a showcase for some imaginative animation with more than a soupcon of giddy delight, it’s way fun. As a whiz-bang adventure that goes its own way in bending reality and recasting the problems of the father-son bonding it will appeal more to kids and the more sentimental papas out there.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
Wait till it comes out on video. You’ll know when to turn it off.  --Eric Lurio
Waste your twenty bucks on this one, and you've nobody else to blame when you need that twenty for something more worthwhile...like tossing it directly into the nearest sewer.....What's saddest about the whole obnoxious affair is that lead actor Jamie Kennedy seems to be trying really hard. It's like watching a guy on the Titanic trying to save the ship using only a sponge and a bucket.  --Scott Weinberg (eFilmCritic.com)
It's hard to say to whom the film is geared, children or fans of the original. Either way, it's tame in comparison to Carrey's romp. The best scenes are in the trailers.  --Tenley Woodman
Jamie Kennedy probably hasn't heard the maxim that comedians should avoid working with children and animals.  --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
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| Directed by |
Lawrence Guterman
Cats & Dogs, Artemis Fowl, Creating 'Son of the Mask': Digital Diapers and Dog Bytes | |
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 | Traylor Howard
Me, Myself & Irene, Dirty Work, Confessions of a Sexist Pig |
 | Liam Falconer
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of 'Son of the Mask' | Ryan Falconer
Paw Prints and Baby Steps: On the Set of 'Son of the Mask' | Steven Wright
Reservoir Dogs, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Loser | Kal Penn
Superman Returns, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Van Wilder | |
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, Malibu's Most Wanted, Van Helsing: The London Assignment | |
Packed to its creaky rafters with pee-pee jokes, vomit gags and excessive farting, it's not too difficult to work out where this film's centre of gravity is located: the gutter. 1/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
...this semisequel to 1994’s surprise breakout Jim Carrey vehicle retains absolutely none of its predecessor’s manic charm, and instead relies almost entirely on a ceaseless barrage of everything-and-the-kitchen-sink humor.  --Marc Savlov (Austin Chronicle)
There are innumerable things wrong with “Son of the Mask,” an unrelievedly manic, gruesomely unfunny follow-up to Jim Carrey’s unexpected 1994 smash. F--Frank Swietek
Projectile vomiting. Gallons of urine. Flatulence. Crotch jokes. A childish debate over whether a wife should get pregnant. The conception. The consequences....It's what's passing for family entertainment, imbecilic variety, in "Son of the Mask,"  --Ed Blank
The movie strives for a positive message about growing up, but when the baby's this ugly, you're left wishing the filmmakers had practiced a little cinematic celibacy. D+--David Germain (TheJournalNews)
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