Painful doesn't come into it!

Rating: 1/10 (2 April 2008)

One question. How is it that Jim Carrey became a household name producing garbage like this? Director Chuck Russell's "Nightmare on Elm Street 3" was not nearly as scary as this is stupid.
Pathetic plot concerns a drop kick bank clerk's change in fortune when he stumbles upon a mysterious mask which alters and enhances the personality while controlling one's actions. Soon Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) finds he's the most popular guy in town, not only chased by a knockout blonde (Cameron Diaz) but also the cops and a nasty gangster.
"Mask" is simply a no rules, slapstick gone mad flick which relies entirely on the manic Jim Carrey and some wacky special effects. Carrey fits the bill and the f/x team do just fine, but absolutely none of it is ever funny, and isn't that the idea?
I can honestly say I was tempted many times to halt the tape and give up, but I persevered for some inexplicable reason. My reward was seeing out the most baffling box office hit of recent years. Painful doesn't come into it!
Saturday, November 23, 1996 - T.V.