Ace Ventura : Pet Detective - wikipedia Ace Ventura : Pet Detective This article is about the film. For the TV series, see Ace Ventura : Pet Detective ( TV series ). Ace Ventura : Pet Detective Theatrical poster Directed by Tom Shadyac Produced by James G. Robinson Screenplay by Jack Bernstein Tom Shadyac Jim Carrey Story by Jack Bernstein Starring Jim Carrey Sean Young Courteney Cox Tone Lōc Dan Marino Music by Ira Newborn Cinematography Julio Macat Edited by Don Zimmerman Production company Morgan Creek Productions Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date February 4, 1994 ( 1994 - 02 - 04 ) Running time 86 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $15 million Box office $107.2 million Ace Ventura : Pet Detective ( or simply Ace Ventura, or also simply Pet Detective ) is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac, and co-written by and starring Jim Carrey. It was developed by the film 's original writer, Jack Bernstein, and co-producer, Bob Israel, for almost six years. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Lōc, Sean Young and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino. In the film, Carrey plays Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the Miami Dolphins ' mascot that was abducted. The film features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Ace Ventura : Pet Detective was a box office success, grossing $107 million worldwide from a $15 million budget. In addition to launching Carrey 's film career, it also spawned a sequel, Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls, a direct - to - video spin - off Ace Ventura, Jr. : Pet Detective, and an animated series which lasted three seasons. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 3.1 Box office 3.2 Criticism 4 References 5 External links Plot Ace Ventura is a Miami private investigator who specializes in the retrieval of tamed or captive animals. Despite the occasional successes, he struggles to pay rent and repair his battered 1970s Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He keeps dozens of different animals in his apartment, and his eccentricities make him the laughing stock of the Miami - Dade Police Department. Two weeks before the Miami Dolphins football team is due to play in the Super Bowl, the team mascot, a bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake, is stolen. Besides notifying the police, Melissa Robinson, the team 's Chief Publicist, also hires Ace to find Snowflake. Ace discovers a rare triangular - cut orange amber stone, which he speculates to be part of a 1984 AFC Championship ring. Ace tracks down the players in the team photo and sees their ring, but is dismayed to find every ring intact. Roger Podacter, Miami Dolphins 's Head of Operations, mysteriously falls to his death from his apartment. At the crime scene, Miami Police Lieutenant Lois Einhorn concludes the death to be a suicide. However, Ace proves it was a murder, embarrassing and infuriating Einhorn. Ace learns of a former Dolphins player named Ray Finkle, who also owned a ring but did not appear in the team photo, as he was added later in the season. Finkle missed the field goal kick at the end of Super Bowl XVII, which cost the Dolphins the championship and ruined his career. Ace visits Finkle 's parents and discovers that he blames Dan Marino for taking the snap incorrectly, causing him to miss the kick. Finkle became so obsessed with the loss and Marino that he became insane and was committed to a mental hospital. However, despite Ace warning Melissa to send extra protection, Marino is still kidnapped. Ace visits Einhorn and explains his theory : Finkle kidnapped Marino out of revenge due to blaming him for his career having failed. Also, he took offense to the Dolphins giving Snowflake his number and teaching it to kick a field goal, and presumably killed Podactor after he found Finkle snooping around. Einhorn compliments him on his finding with an unexpected kiss, and tells him to let the police finish the job. Ace declines, saying it is his job to find Snowflake. Ace and Robinson go to the mental hospital where Finkle was committed. Ace searches Finkle 's belongings and discovers a newspaper article about a missing woman named Lois Einhorn. Studying this, Ace eventually realizes that Lieutenant Lois Einhorn is, indeed, Ray Finkle ; after escaping the mental hospital, Finkle got gender reassignment surgery and stole the original Einhorn 's identity. Soon after, Ace makes himself vomit and sets his clothes on fire, feeling disgusted that he made out with Finkle. On Super Bowl Sunday, Ace follows Finkle to an abandoned yacht storage facility, where he finds Snowflake and Marino. Ace subdues Finkle 's henchmen, but before he can rescue Marino, Finkle holds him at gunpoint. When the police arrive, Finkle claims that Ace is the kidnapper and orders them to shoot him. Ace strips Finkle and with a little help from Marino, exposes his true identity : as it turns out, Finkle did n't have penectomy and vaginoplasty done to perfect the disguise, and merely chose to tuck his genitals between his legs. Podacter discovered this during an earlier rendezvous with Finkle, so he murdered him to protect his secret. Finkle attempts to kill Ace, but Ace subdues him and takes off his ring, a 1984 AFC Championship ring missing a stone. Finkle is then arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder, among other things. Marino and Snowflake return in time for the Super Bowl between the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles. At halftime, Ventura sees an albino pigeon ( worth a $25,000 reward ), but Swoop, the Eagles ' mascot, shoos it away before he can catch it. Enraged, Ventura beats the mascot while he is thanked on the JumboTron for saving Marino and Snowflake. Ventura briefly stops fighting Swoop and smiles as the audience cheers for him. Cast Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura Courteney Cox as Chief Publicist Melissa Robinson Sean Young as Lt. Lois Einhorn / Ray Finkle Tone Lōc as Emilio Dan Marino as Himself John Capodice as Sgt. Aguado Noble Willingham as Riddle Troy Evans as Roger Podacter Raynor Scheine as Woodstock Udo Kier as Ronald Camp Frank Adonis as Vinnie Tiny Ron as Roc David Margulies as Doctor Bill Zuckert as Mr. Finkle Judy Clayton as Martha Mertz Alice Drummond as Mrs. Finkle Rebecca Ferratti as Sexy Woman Mark Margolis as Mr. Shickadance, his landlord Randall `` Tex '' Cobb as Gruff Man Cannibal Corpse as themselves Reception Ace Ventura : Pet Detective received mixed reviews. It holds a 45 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5 / 10, while it gained a 37 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 14 reviews. However, it was much more popular with the general public, making back over six times its budget at the U.S. box office and embedding itself, the Ventura character, and his catch - phrases in pop culture. Along with The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, the film is widely credited with launching the career of actor Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance but lost to Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. Carrey was also nominated for a Razzie Award for `` Worst New Star ''. The film 's popularity spawned a 1995 sequel, Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls, with Carrey returning in the lead role. American Film Institute recognition : AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Laughs -- Nominated AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes : `` All - righty then ! '' -- Nominated Box office Ace Ventura grossed $12,115,105 in 1,750 theaters in its first week. When it stopped showing in theaters in the US and Canada, the total gross was $72,217,396. It went on to gross $35,000,000 internationally. Criticism The film has been accused by commentators as being sexist, transphobic, and homophobic for its depiction and treatment of the character Lois Einhorn. Julia Serano cited the film as an example of the trope of `` deceptive transsexuals '' in the media. References ^ Jump up to : `` Ace Ventura : Pet Detective - Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information - The Numbers ''. Retrieved 26 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Ace Ventura : Pet Detective -- Rotten Tomatoes ''. Retrieved 26 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` Ace Ventura : Pet Detective Reviews -- Metacritic ''. Jump up ^ `` MTV Move Awards 1994 ''. MTV. Retrieved July 28, 2012. Jump up ^ AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Laughs Nominees Jump up ^ AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes Nominees Jump up ^ `` Hey, Ace, Homophobia 's Not So Funny ! ''. Los Angeles Times. 1994 - 02 - 26. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 11. Jump up ^ Serano, Julia ( 2007 ). Whipping Girl : A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Emeryville, CA : Seal Press. p. 37. ISBN 1 - 58005 - 154 - 5. 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Question: who played ray finkle's mom in ace ventura
Answer: Alice Drummond