Iconic if only because it's funny

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2009)

Jim Carrey scored a home run with this film. I have to say, The Mask was one of my favorite Jim Carrey movies if only because he gets to bounce around the screen like a cartoon character. He was made for a role that's literally a cartoon. Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is a foil to his alter ego in the mask, who is almost a character on his own. Not only does it show the regular character growth that comes in a movie like this, it presents more comedy than some "comparable" works like "Stranger Than Fiction" from Will Ferrell.
Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz) is the perfect "unattainable" girl for Stanley: hot, almost oppressed, and may actually be looking for a nice guy - even if she doesn't realize it. Though that may be a little cliché, it works because Stanley gets the girl in the end.
I think the real shame was that they couldn't get Carrey for the sequel and that the Son of the Mask turned out to be such a flop.