A sparkling humorous film - the continuation of the cult comedy with Jim Carrey - the film "Son of the Mask" - was released in 2005. The slogan of the film is: "The next generation of mischievous people." Indeed, this comedy is about pranks and tricks of the new "Mask" - the son of the famous cartoon artist Tim Avery. The comedian and artist decided to start a family, but did not take into account that the newborn son has the same powerful curiosity and craving for pranks. The kid quickly found a mysterious mask and found her the most unexpected application! The life and work of the actors of "Son of the Mask" will be considered in this article. You will also learn about the features of comedy and more interesting facts about the filming process.
"Son of the Mask": actors
Truly stellar cast of the film has collected the best comedic images of our time. Starring Jamie Kennedy (known for the movie “It Can't Get Better”), Alan Cumming (“Spy Kids”), actress Taylor Howard, Stephen Wright (“Natural Born Killers”), Kel Penn (“Harold and Kumar Go Away”) , Bob Hoskins ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "Denny is a Chain Dog") and many others. Although many critics note that the listed actors in this film were "out of place", the comedy came out really funny.
Movie Facts
The comedy
box office was several times smaller than the first Mask film with Jim Carrey. And the audience’s liking for the last film is less. Nevertheless, the film has a rather large total budget of 84 million US dollars. For indicators of the success of the film, it is important to note the payback of the film kin in the States. Box office in the United States amounted to approximately 17 million dollars, and in the world - applied 57 million. For comparison, the first “Mask” was shot for only 23 million US dollars, and the world revenue from the film amounted to 351 million rubles.
Film criticism
Most moviegoers criticized the directorial work in this film. It is known that the director of the first part, having learned that the most charismatic comedian - Jim Carrey - refused to shoot, also refused to continue filming. The director of the second part, Guterman, is the person who shot the film “Cats Against Dogs,” interesting from the point of view of directorial decisions. Guterman is criticized for having shot The Mask in a similar, somewhat naive and even childish style.
Actors criticism
Jamie Kennedy, who came to the place of the hero Kerry, was also criticized for his inconsistency with the previous image, but what can I say, it’s quite difficult to be a funny comedic hero against the background of the master! I would like to mention Bob Hoskins. His acting was at the proper level, although many noted that he was not supposed to star in such a film. Another actor - Ben Stein - a man famous for the voice acting of the main actors of the cartoons from Nickelodeon ("Jimmy Neutron", "As Ginger Says" and others). In addition, Stein is the only actor from the first part who starred to continue it.
Back to the past: The Mask
The actors of “Son of the Mask” did not receive the most flattering reviews about their work, but the situation was quite different in the distant 1994, when the first part of the film was released. The film tells the story of a simple person, a clerk, humble and even too timid. In life, it is difficult for him to communicate with girls, shyness does not allow the hero to attract the attention of any beauty, but the life of this eccentric changes dramatically as soon as a mysterious artifact - a mask - falls into his hands. The thing that turned his life upside down makes of Stanley Ipkis a real womanizer, the conqueror of female hearts, a self-confident and charming man!
As if Stanley falls into a different reality, he becomes an almost cartoony hero who is capable of creating incredible things. The main actor of “Son of the Mask”, of course, does not have such a pronounced charisma, it is generally difficult to say that he personifies the image of a hero who once in the past, before his family life, did incredible things.
Interesting facts about the first "Mask"
Initially, the director of the first part of the film planned this film not as a comedy, but as a real horror with elements of an action movie, but during the filming the concept changed a bit.
Beauty
Cameron Diaz first appeared in films in this film. The magic mask in the film supposedly personifies the Scandinavian evil god Loki, in fact, Loki is not such, he can more likely be called the god of deception and cunning.