Amazon.com

This inevitable sequel finds Jim Carrey reprising his role as the world's greatest pet detective. His latest case, the disappearance of a rare African white bat, draws him out of his spiritual retreat at a Tibetan monastery following the tragic outcome of his previous case. That traumatic experience, which makes for a hilarious opening-scene send-up of the Stallone thriller Cliffhanger, prompts Ace to venture to Africa, where he goes native with the tribe that hired him to find their symbolic bat. From that point anything goes, with Carrey pushing the boundaries of good taste (what, you were expecting good taste?) up to and including his now-infamous "birth" scene from the backside of a mechanical rhinoceros. Lighten up, and don't be ashamed if you find yourself laughing. --Jeff Shannon ... Read more

Reviews (75)

This movie is as good or better than Liar Liar.
I'm a huge Jim Carrey fan and I'd heard of the two Ace Ventura movies a couple of times in the past, but I never really went out to look for them. Then I saw "When Nature Calls" at a friend's house and I was laughing hysterically the whole time.

The most hilarious parts in this movie are the "rhino giving birth" scene, the fact that whenever someone says "Shikaka", the Wachati tribe members present will kneel and Ace uses it as a sort of "Simon Says" game, the Wachutu tests, and the beginning when Ace uses a Slinky on those hundreds of stone steps singing "Everyone loves a Slinky, you gotta get a Slinky! Slinky, Slinky, go Slinky, GO!"

Summary: It's a great movie that will make all Jim Carrey fans laugh out loud at least once.

Better than the first!
When Nature Calls is so much better than Pet Detective! Of course you know any Jim Carrey movie is going to be hillarious, but this one just surpasses them all. There are so many crack-up "quotable" scenes that will bring you to laughter every time you remember them for years to come. The Ace Ventura series and Dumb and Dumber are the funniest movies ever made. You will learn to love not only Ace but his faithful sidekick Spike, as well as all of Ace's hillariously funny habbits.

Although there is one quite innapropriate scene where Ace is...pleasuring himself that is uncalled for; this being a "children's movie" and all.

I don't go for "stupid" humor, but...
I admit it, I'm pretentious. I like intellectual artsy kind of films, and cult movies. My humor runs along the veins of movies like "Brazil" and "The Big Lebowski". Kubrick is my cinematic hero, and I run screaming from anything tainted by top 40 pop-culture homogeneity.

That said, I have a weakness. For slapstick comedy. And I think "Ace Ventura- When nature Calls" is one of the funniest movies ever made.

Unlike other reviewers, I love the fact that there are no attempts at a "plot" or "character devlopment". The only character developed is Jim Carrey, and that's all that's needed. The first Ace movie had a couple funny moments but was pretty painful, as it tried to show the character of Ace Ventura (Pet Detective) in an attempted "realistic" environment, with attempted "believable" characters. The persona of Ace was stuck between goofy slapstick and moments of awkward "realism", (a love interest, Courtney Cox, the whole Dolphins thing). In other words, it sucked.

This second movie dispenses with such extraneous distractions. You won't even know what the plot is, or care. Ace is pure 100% buffoon, never stopping to inject some ridiculous "drama" into the proceedings. Like a good Three Stooges short, this film's sets, costumes, supporting actors, etc. are all window-dressing for good ol' some fashioned numbskullery. The mechanical rhino scene is absolutely classic, and the fight scene between Ace and Tommy Davidson's character is just great comedy.

When I first saw this movie, I laughed almost to tears. Jim Carrey is a funny guy, there's no denying that, although he is often funnier in interviews than he is in his actual movies. His on-screen shtick gets old quick, mainly because his talent is as a pure clown and as I stated above, for some reason directors always want to put him in "serious" (read: painfully cornball) situations. In my opinion his true gift is for pure, unadulterated slapstick. He is a comedian, and should leave the "real" dramatic acting to others who don't have his gift for the absurd. For that reason, this movie and "Dumb and Dumber" (another pure slapstick classic) are really the only two Jim Carrey vehicles you need to see. Oh, and the entire In Living Color series ;)

Please go to a neutral corner.
It's hard to find a film where those who watch it are either disgusted by it, or are rolling on the floor with laughter. This is one of those films. Jim does not disappoint with his crazy antics, and the fact that he is willing to do anything for a laugh is admirable. He humiliates himself more than once in this film all for the sake of laughter. I won't slam this film for its deficiencies, nor will I praise it for some inspired comedy. Sufficed to say, I am going to remain neutral here. If you love Jim for his self-deprecating and crude humor then this film is for you. If you prefer cerebral wit to over-the-top slapstick, well, you probably wouldn't be concerning yourself with reading this review. Jim's fans should not be disappointed.

Not that great
I liked the first movie because it made Ace look very intelligent, and he has that "you can't mess with me cause I have a very witty come back attitude". Ace even had a serious personality on more than 2 occasions in the film.

But in When Nature Calls, he's completely idiotic. He's never serious and he doesn't have that "you can't mess with me attitude" That was my main beef with the film. The film's plot isn't that great and it's all about Ace makin an, excuse me for this, ass of himself.

It however does have some funny parts and you should watch it if you like Jim Carrey ... Read more

Reviews (75)

This movie is as good or better than Liar Liar.
I'm a huge Jim Carrey fan and I'd heard of the two Ace Ventura movies a couple of times in the past, but I never really went out to look for them. Then I saw "When Nature Calls" at a friend's house and I was laughing hysterically the whole time.

The most hilarious parts in this movie are the "rhino giving birth" scene, the fact that whenever someone says "Shikaka", the Wachati tribe members present will kneel and Ace uses it as a sort of "Simon Says" game, the Wachutu tests, and the beginning when Ace uses a Slinky on those hundreds of stone steps singing "Everyone loves a Slinky, you gotta get a Slinky! Slinky, Slinky, go Slinky, GO!"

Summary: It's a great movie that will make all Jim Carrey fans laugh out loud at least once.

Better than the first!
When Nature Calls is so much better than Pet Detective! Of course you know any Jim Carrey movie is going to be hillarious, but this one just surpasses them all. There are so many crack-up "quotable" scenes that will bring you to laughter every time you remember them for years to come. The Ace Ventura series and Dumb and Dumber are the funniest movies ever made. You will learn to love not only Ace but his faithful sidekick Spike, as well as all of Ace's hillariously funny habbits.

Although there is one quite innapropriate scene where Ace is...pleasuring himself that is uncalled for; this being a "children's movie" and all.

I don't go for "stupid" humor, but...
I admit it, I'm pretentious. I like intellectual artsy kind of films, and cult movies. My humor runs along the veins of movies like "Brazil" and "The Big Lebowski". Kubrick is my cinematic hero, and I run screaming from anything tainted by top 40 pop-culture homogeneity.

That said, I have a weakness. For slapstick comedy. And I think "Ace Ventura- When nature Calls" is one of the funniest movies ever made.

Unlike other reviewers, I love the fact that there are no attempts at a "plot" or "character devlopment". The only character developed is Jim Carrey, and that's all that's needed. The first Ace movie had a couple funny moments but was pretty painful, as it tried to show the character of Ace Ventura (Pet Detective) in an attempted "realistic" environment, with attempted "believable" characters. The persona of Ace was stuck between goofy slapstick and moments of awkward "realism", (a love interest, Courtney Cox, the whole Dolphins thing). In other words, it sucked.

This second movie dispenses with such extraneous distractions. You won't even know what the plot is, or care. Ace is pure 100% buffoon, never stopping to inject some ridiculous "drama" into the proceedings. Like a good Three Stooges short, this film's sets, costumes, supporting actors, etc. are all window-dressing for good ol' some fashioned numbskullery. The mechanical rhino scene is absolutely classic, and the fight scene between Ace and Tommy Davidson's character is just great comedy.

When I first saw this movie, I laughed almost to tears. Jim Carrey is a funny guy, there's no denying that, although he is often funnier in interviews than he is in his actual movies. His on-screen shtick gets old quick, mainly because his talent is as a pure clown and as I stated above, for some reason directors always want to put him in "serious" (read: painfully cornball) situations. In my opinion his true gift is for pure, unadulterated slapstick. He is a comedian, and should leave the "real" dramatic acting to others who don't have his gift for the absurd. For that reason, this movie and "Dumb and Dumber" (another pure slapstick classic) are really the only two Jim Carrey vehicles you need to see. Oh, and the entire In Living Color series ;)

Please go to a neutral corner.
It's hard to find a film where those who watch it are either disgusted by it, or are rolling on the floor with laughter. This is one of those films. Jim does not disappoint with his crazy antics, and the fact that he is willing to do anything for a laugh is admirable. He humiliates himself more than once in this film all for the sake of laughter. I won't slam this film for its deficiencies, nor will I praise it for some inspired comedy. Sufficed to say, I am going to remain neutral here. If you love Jim for his self-deprecating and crude humor then this film is for you. If you prefer cerebral wit to over-the-top slapstick, well, you probably wouldn't be concerning yourself with reading this review. Jim's fans should not be disappointed.

Not that great
I liked the first movie because it made Ace look very intelligent, and he has that "you can't mess with me cause I have a very witty come back attitude". Ace even had a serious personality on more than 2 occasions in the film.

But in When Nature Calls, he's completely idiotic. He's never serious and he doesn't have that "you can't mess with me attitude" That was my main beef with the film. The film's plot isn't that great and it's all about Ace makin an, excuse me for this, ass of himself.

It however does have some funny parts and you should watch it if you like Jim Carrey ... Read more

Reviews (236)

Still LMAO
I first saw Kung Pow in a theater a couple of years ago and laughed 'til it hurt. This DVD version makes the transition to the small screen very well and I've enjoyed it many times since. Kung Pow's critics are correct in saying it's "stupid". But it's deliberately stupid...brilliantly stupid. Steve Oedekerk takes an old kung-fu potboiler and through computer imaging, inserts his image into the older movie, then dubs in voiceovers and narrative to create a comedy classic.

Oedekerk stars as "The Chosen One"; a martial arts virtuoso out to avenge his parents deaths at the hands of "Evil Master Pain", aka "Betty". However, the standard plotline is merely the vehicle for a series of hilarious send ups, visual jokes and witticisms. Along the way we meet the despicably cruel "Betty", "Tonguey", Moon Yu (a kung-fu fighting cow), and a host of other zany characters. Oedekerk pours on the laughs and there probably isn't a ten second stretch in the movie without a joke of some kind.

It surprises me greatly that there are people here who *really* disliked Kung Pow. How can anyone not get it? Fortunately, the naysayers are a minority, and hopefully Kung Pow II will be along soon.

So dumb it's actually funny!
Steve Oedekerk, the warped mind that gave us Thumb Wars (parody of Star Wars), Thumbtanic (parody of Titanic) and the infamous Blair Thumb, now inflicts upon us his bizarre humor in Kung Pow.

This is not a movie that will stretch your cerebral cortex, and is probably best enjoyed while on thorazine. It is a dumb movie, nearly tragically so, but despite my personal cynicism, I found myself laughing right out loud. Perhaps the reason this movie seems funny is that Kung Pow is almost as stupid as most of the martial arts movies themselves. Stupid begets stupid, but at least Oedekerk employed creative and entertaining stupidity.

Do not mistake my meaning here, as I was entirely entertained watching this movie. If the viewer can appreciate "ludirous as art", they will find this an entertaining movie. With wild abandon, Oedekerk unleashes his wit on everything in sight, particularly other movies, such as the Matrix.

Personally, I do not see this movie being any more, nor less ludicrious, than many Jett Li movies or those of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Lets be ruthlessly honest. Some of the traditional martial art flicks are really insipid, and Oedekerk lampoons them with ruthless satire and deadly accurate humor.

I suspect those who are fans of foreign karate pictures may be highly upset with Oedekerk and regard this movie with a hypercritically jaundiced eye. For others who regard most martial arts flicks as absurd, if not ridiculous, they will be thoroughly entertained as Oedekerk renders his parody with black belt humor.

It isn't a movie that is going to appeal to everybody. It isn't a movie that will enhance your baseline I.Q. It is a dumb movie. Dumb, funny, silly, and even ridiculous. But I enjoyed this film, and if you accept it for what it is, then you are likely to find it entertaining as well.

Funny as hell!
I NEVER laughed so hard!!! My favorite part was when the main character used the "gopher chucks". It was so funny!!!! And the voices of that girl and Master Pain(I think that's his name, i'm talking about that badguy)were so funny!!

SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS!!!!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist? Oh, bruddah! As if it needed a review. I mean, Toungie, Moon-Yu the Cow, MASTER "BETTY" PAIN?!?!?!? Please don't buy this wanna-be martial arts movie.

"Your story makes my heart heavy, and my prostate weak."
"Kung Pow!" is an extremely original and hillarious comedy, period! I LOVED this film, it had me rolling on the floor! There are a few amount of clunkers (the talking tongue and the French aliens could've been left out), and it begins to lose it's charm about two thirds of the way through, but most of it is ingenious! I have no idea why critics hate this movie so much, don't listen to them. It is one of the funniest movies in recent years whether those uptight cinema snobs admit it or not. It's tempting to list every hillarious moment in this film, but you really should see it yourself. I know it looks stupid, but just trust me. You WILL laugh, and laugh often. It's not the perfect comedy, but it's pretty damn close! It breathes new life into a genre that's currently overflowing with clones of the "different people switch places" and "white guy meets black cop" plots.

If you enter a film like this with a bad attitude, like most of the critics out there, you'll hate it. If you enter it with an open mind and the willingness to laugh at a group of really stupid yet really clever jokes, you may find it to be the funniest comedy that you've seen in a long, long, time.

I give "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" a very solid 8.0 out of 10.0 ... Read more

Reviews (236)

Still LMAO
I first saw Kung Pow in a theater a couple of years ago and laughed 'til it hurt. This DVD version makes the transition to the small screen very well and I've enjoyed it many times since. Kung Pow's critics are correct in saying it's "stupid". But it's deliberately stupid...brilliantly stupid. Steve Oedekerk takes an old kung-fu potboiler and through computer imaging, inserts his image into the older movie, then dubs in voiceovers and narrative to create a comedy classic.

Oedekerk stars as "The Chosen One"; a martial arts virtuoso out to avenge his parents deaths at the hands of "Evil Master Pain", aka "Betty". However, the standard plotline is merely the vehicle for a series of hilarious send ups, visual jokes and witticisms. Along the way we meet the despicably cruel "Betty", "Tonguey", Moon Yu (a kung-fu fighting cow), and a host of other zany characters. Oedekerk pours on the laughs and there probably isn't a ten second stretch in the movie without a joke of some kind.

It surprises me greatly that there are people here who *really* disliked Kung Pow. How can anyone not get it? Fortunately, the naysayers are a minority, and hopefully Kung Pow II will be along soon.

So dumb it's actually funny!
Steve Oedekerk, the warped mind that gave us Thumb Wars (parody of Star Wars), Thumbtanic (parody of Titanic) and the infamous Blair Thumb, now inflicts upon us his bizarre humor in Kung Pow.

This is not a movie that will stretch your cerebral cortex, and is probably best enjoyed while on thorazine. It is a dumb movie, nearly tragically so, but despite my personal cynicism, I found myself laughing right out loud. Perhaps the reason this movie seems funny is that Kung Pow is almost as stupid as most of the martial arts movies themselves. Stupid begets stupid, but at least Oedekerk employed creative and entertaining stupidity.

Do not mistake my meaning here, as I was entirely entertained watching this movie. If the viewer can appreciate "ludirous as art", they will find this an entertaining movie. With wild abandon, Oedekerk unleashes his wit on everything in sight, particularly other movies, such as the Matrix.

Personally, I do not see this movie being any more, nor less ludicrious, than many Jett Li movies or those of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Lets be ruthlessly honest. Some of the traditional martial art flicks are really insipid, and Oedekerk lampoons them with ruthless satire and deadly accurate humor.

I suspect those who are fans of foreign karate pictures may be highly upset with Oedekerk and regard this movie with a hypercritically jaundiced eye. For others who regard most martial arts flicks as absurd, if not ridiculous, they will be thoroughly entertained as Oedekerk renders his parody with black belt humor.

It isn't a movie that is going to appeal to everybody. It isn't a movie that will enhance your baseline I.Q. It is a dumb movie. Dumb, funny, silly, and even ridiculous. But I enjoyed this film, and if you accept it for what it is, then you are likely to find it entertaining as well.

Funny as hell!
I NEVER laughed so hard!!! My favorite part was when the main character used the "gopher chucks". It was so funny!!!! And the voices of that girl and Master Pain(I think that's his name, i'm talking about that badguy)were so funny!!

SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS!!!!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist? Oh, bruddah! As if it needed a review. I mean, Toungie, Moon-Yu the Cow, MASTER "BETTY" PAIN?!?!?!? Please don't buy this wanna-be martial arts movie.

"Your story makes my heart heavy, and my prostate weak."
"Kung Pow!" is an extremely original and hillarious comedy, period! I LOVED this film, it had me rolling on the floor! There are a few amount of clunkers (the talking tongue and the French aliens could've been left out), and it begins to lose it's charm about two thirds of the way through, but most of it is ingenious! I have no idea why critics hate this movie so much, don't listen to them. It is one of the funniest movies in recent years whether those uptight cinema snobs admit it or not. It's tempting to list every hillarious moment in this film, but you really should see it yourself. I know it looks stupid, but just trust me. You WILL laugh, and laugh often. It's not the perfect comedy, but it's pretty damn close! It breathes new life into a genre that's currently overflowing with clones of the "different people switch places" and "white guy meets black cop" plots.

If you enter a film like this with a bad attitude, like most of the critics out there, you'll hate it. If you enter it with an open mind and the willingness to laugh at a group of really stupid yet really clever jokes, you may find it to be the funniest comedy that you've seen in a long, long, time.

I give "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" a very solid 8.0 out of 10.0 ... Read more

Amazon.com

Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence star in this stupid comedy about a stressed-out white executive who takes a black carjacker hostage and forces him to go along on a road trip to nowhere. The duo, of course, forge a bond but find their journey interrupted by a tarantula, a pair of stickup men, a lip-synching security guard, and loads of dull sight gags. The film looks like it's supposed to suggest increasing depth for writer-director Steve Oedekerk (writer for The Nutty Professor), but he seems content with merely purloining the outline of a classic story (a white man and a black man, worlds apart, go on the run together) and filling it in with complete fluff. With Kelly Preston. The DVD release includes optional widescreen and standard formats, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, and original theatrical trailers. --Tom Keogh ... Read more

Reviews (37)

From Bad To Worse
In "Nothing To Lose" Nick Beam (Tim Robbins), a white executive from the suburbs of Los Angeles, is having a really bad day. To start with, he walks in on his wife in bed with another man. He's having a really rough time with his boss. And to top it all off, he gets carjacked by T.(Terrence) Paul (Martin Lawrence). Feeling he has "nothing to lose," Nick decides to turn the tables on this would be carjacker and take him for the action packed thrill ride of his life.

In this 1997 comedy, directed by Steve Oedekerk, you will get 98 minutes of gut busting laughs. If you like comedies with lots of action, hold-ups, high speed chases, and revenge, I would recommend this movie to you.

I give this film four stars because, while it is a very funny film, it does have a lot of foul language. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend this film for young people, or people who prefer to keep young sensitive ears.

Tim Correll's Nothing to Lose review
Tim Robbins (who is white) and Martin Lawrence (who is black) are great together in this movie. They committ a couple of robberies in Arizona and are mistaken for another white and black man (John C. McGinley and Giancarlo Esposito). Nick Beam (Robbins) hated Terrance P. Davidson (Lawrence) at first but he met the Davidson family and change his perspective completly. There are a lot of funny moments in this movie and (in my opinion) Nothing to Lose is quality entertainment. Die hard Martin Lawrence fans should definetly see this movie!

Absolutely funny!
I'm a fan of Tim Robbins. I saw this at the movies and just had to have it in DVD. The story is a typical buddy film but the chemistry between Robbins and Martin Lawrrence was priceless. The funniest line from Robbins in response to the real spider crawling on his head was, "I'm not up on all this jive talkin' homeboy lingo". This is a must see!

Odd couple vehicle for Robbins and Lawrence (He so crazy!)
This movie is basically an odd couple comedy. ONe man, Nick, is a successful white busines man and the other, T for Terrance, is a down on his luck black man. Not the most original set-up.

The plot starts of with Nick coming home only to spy his wife having sex with his boss (played by Michael McKean of Spinal Tap fame). He walks out of his house in a daze and just starts driving the streets of L.A. He come to a bad part of town, rap music now plays in the background, and is mugged in his car by T.

Well, the mugging doesn't go as planned. Nick maces T and keeps driving. They get all the way to the desert in remote Arizona.

From here on the rob together, fight, and meet up with another mixed crime spree couple. They get to know each each other and there are some fairly touching moments as they understand each other's background. You'll have to see the movie to see how it all ends.

I thought the movie plot was fair but a bit contrived as a vehicle for Martin's screwball antics. Fans of Martin should enjoy this flick. Also look for the clear-faced ex-Oxy spokes-girl Rebecca Gayheart.

MARTIN AT HIS BEST
IN THIS MOVIE, A MAN [TIM ROBBINS] DISCOVERS HIS WIFE CHEATING, THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HE GETS CARJACKED BY A THIEF [MARTIN LAWRENCE] THEN HE JUST LOSES HIS MIND. SUPRISINGLY FUNNY, AND MARTIN LAWRENCE AND TIM ROBBINS MAKE A VERY GOOD TEAM FOR A BUDDY MOVIE. IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S VERY FUN TO WATCH. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS TO ANY MOVIE FAN THAT LIKES COMEDIES. A VERY FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING MOVIE FOR ALL. ... Read more

Description

Created by Steve Oedekerk, the writer of The Nutty Professor, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and Patch Adams, this hilarious "thumbation" spoof features reluctant hero Loke Groundrunner and his tasty companion, Princess Bunhead, as they try to stop Black Helmet Man and the Evil Thumbpire from doing really bad things! So hold onto your cuticles, eat your peas and get ready for the first and only all-thumbs space epic. May the thumb be with you! 28 minutes.Includes an introduction by creator Steve Oedekerk and trailers for "Thumb Wars," "Thumbtanic," and "Blair Thumb." ... Read more

Reviews (48)

That's thumb movie
I was completely taken off guard by Thumb Wars. I'd never heard of it before, but I instantly fell in love with it. Sure, there are tons of spoofs on Star Wars, but this has been the one that's made me laugh the most. In only 30 minutes, it skims through the plot of "A New Hope" (with a few extras from the others) using little characters with thumbs as heads. My favorite part about this is the superimposed faces of the thumbs. Their expressions are hilarious, not to mention all the quotable one-liners and off-the-wall gags they include! If you enjoy quirky comedy like The Simpsons, you must own this wonderful DVD, even if you've never seen Star Wars. I'd close by giving this movie two definite thumbs up, but that'd be a little ridiculous, don't you think?

HILARIOUS, Best "Star Wars" spoof EVER!
Well, Steve Oedekerk does it again. With his whitty Thumb Theater productions, I'd have to say this is the best one. I loved his choice of names too. "Loke Groundrunner"(Luke Skywalker), "Princess Bunhead"(Princess Leia), "Hand Duet"(Han Solo), "Black Helmet Man"(Darth Vader), Prissype(C-3PO), "Beeboopbeep"(R2-D2), and "Crunchie"(Chewie), great names Steve! The "nail side of the thumb" was with Steve when I created this one. I especially liked "Oobedoob Scooby Dooby Benubi", he was great. BUY this movie, you will laugh for HOURS! And may the "thumb" be with you.

Thumb Wars
This an absolutly hilarious movie that is a remake of the original Star War movies ecept for the characters in this film are THUMBS. If you are looking for a movie that is stupid but funny, this is it. This is the only thumb movie I have seen so far but I plan on getting the others. I think the creater of all the thumb movies Steve Oedekerk did a great job of the characters names, like Dark Helemet Man(a.k.a Darth Vader), Princess Bunnhead, Loke Groundrunner(a.k.a Luke Skywalker), Scooby doobie kanubie(a.k.a obie one kanobie). (...)One of my favorite parts is when one of the thumbs says " Why do we have to speak in a British accent if there is no Brittin in space"? Then dark helmet man uses the force to pop of his head. I first saw this film when we rented it from BlockBusters videos. After I watched this movie once I had to watch it again about 5 times before we had to take it back. I inspire you to watch the whole collection of these hilarious videos that will have you laughing every 4 seconds.

And may the thumb be with you.

Very Funny
I rarely watch a movie more than once. My family and I have watched this movie over and over again and I laugh out loud every time!!!!!!!!

Amusing, but not that great compared to other "Thumbs."
Oedekerk and his group continue to fascinate with this entry in the Thumbation series. It probably helps to be a "Star Wars" fan to find this "Thumb" entry really funny, but I'm not one of those fans, so much of it fell rather flat in terms of humor to me. High points were the "Hans Solo" counterpart in "Thumb Wars" involved in a conversation where nearly all of Harrison Ford's non-"Star Wars" movies are mentioned, and the revelation of the "Star Wars" Obi Wan Kenobe's counterpart's middle name as a Thumb character. One of my favorite Thumb characters....The One-Eyed Thumb guy--appears yet again...Woo Hoo! I've found other Oedekerk "Thumb" movies more amusing than "Thumb Wars" (though the subtitle "The Phantom Cuticle" WAS amusing.) This effort reminded me a lot of the "Star Wars" parody "Space Balls" done by Mel Brooks, (though without thumbs.) That wasn't one of Brooks' better films, either. So maybe I'm just biased against the "Star Wars" phenomena and even such parodies. My favorite Thumb movie remains "The Blair Thumb," a parody of the awful film "The Blair Witch Project" so I gave this one a slightly lower rating. ... Read more

Reviews (75)

This movie is as good or better than Liar Liar.
I'm a huge Jim Carrey fan and I'd heard of the two Ace Ventura movies a couple of times in the past, but I never really went out to look for them. Then I saw "When Nature Calls" at a friend's house and I was laughing hysterically the whole time.

The most hilarious parts in this movie are the "rhino giving birth" scene, the fact that whenever someone says "Shikaka", the Wachati tribe members present will kneel and Ace uses it as a sort of "Simon Says" game, the Wachutu tests, and the beginning when Ace uses a Slinky on those hundreds of stone steps singing "Everyone loves a Slinky, you gotta get a Slinky! Slinky, Slinky, go Slinky, GO!"

Summary: It's a great movie that will make all Jim Carrey fans laugh out loud at least once.

Better than the first!
When Nature Calls is so much better than Pet Detective! Of course you know any Jim Carrey movie is going to be hillarious, but this one just surpasses them all. There are so many crack-up "quotable" scenes that will bring you to laughter every time you remember them for years to come. The Ace Ventura series and Dumb and Dumber are the funniest movies ever made. You will learn to love not only Ace but his faithful sidekick Spike, as well as all of Ace's hillariously funny habbits.

Although there is one quite innapropriate scene where Ace is...pleasuring himself that is uncalled for; this being a "children's movie" and all.

I don't go for "stupid" humor, but...
I admit it, I'm pretentious. I like intellectual artsy kind of films, and cult movies. My humor runs along the veins of movies like "Brazil" and "The Big Lebowski". Kubrick is my cinematic hero, and I run screaming from anything tainted by top 40 pop-culture homogeneity.

That said, I have a weakness. For slapstick comedy. And I think "Ace Ventura- When nature Calls" is one of the funniest movies ever made.

Unlike other reviewers, I love the fact that there are no attempts at a "plot" or "character devlopment". The only character developed is Jim Carrey, and that's all that's needed. The first Ace movie had a couple funny moments but was pretty painful, as it tried to show the character of Ace Ventura (Pet Detective) in an attempted "realistic" environment, with attempted "believable" characters. The persona of Ace was stuck between goofy slapstick and moments of awkward "realism", (a love interest, Courtney Cox, the whole Dolphins thing). In other words, it sucked.

This second movie dispenses with such extraneous distractions. You won't even know what the plot is, or care. Ace is pure 100% buffoon, never stopping to inject some ridiculous "drama" into the proceedings. Like a good Three Stooges short, this film's sets, costumes, supporting actors, etc. are all window-dressing for good ol' some fashioned numbskullery. The mechanical rhino scene is absolutely classic, and the fight scene between Ace and Tommy Davidson's character is just great comedy.

When I first saw this movie, I laughed almost to tears. Jim Carrey is a funny guy, there's no denying that, although he is often funnier in interviews than he is in his actual movies. His on-screen shtick gets old quick, mainly because his talent is as a pure clown and as I stated above, for some reason directors always want to put him in "serious" (read: painfully cornball) situations. In my opinion his true gift is for pure, unadulterated slapstick. He is a comedian, and should leave the "real" dramatic acting to others who don't have his gift for the absurd. For that reason, this movie and "Dumb and Dumber" (another pure slapstick classic) are really the only two Jim Carrey vehicles you need to see. Oh, and the entire In Living Color series ;)

Please go to a neutral corner.
It's hard to find a film where those who watch it are either disgusted by it, or are rolling on the floor with laughter. This is one of those films. Jim does not disappoint with his crazy antics, and the fact that he is willing to do anything for a laugh is admirable. He humiliates himself more than once in this film all for the sake of laughter. I won't slam this film for its deficiencies, nor will I praise it for some inspired comedy. Sufficed to say, I am going to remain neutral here. If you love Jim for his self-deprecating and crude humor then this film is for you. If you prefer cerebral wit to over-the-top slapstick, well, you probably wouldn't be concerning yourself with reading this review. Jim's fans should not be disappointed.

Not that great
I liked the first movie because it made Ace look very intelligent, and he has that "you can't mess with me cause I have a very witty come back attitude". Ace even had a serious personality on more than 2 occasions in the film.

But in When Nature Calls, he's completely idiotic. He's never serious and he doesn't have that "you can't mess with me attitude" That was my main beef with the film. The film's plot isn't that great and it's all about Ace makin an, excuse me for this, ass of himself.

It however does have some funny parts and you should watch it if you like Jim Carrey ... Read more

Reviews (236)

Still LMAO
I first saw Kung Pow in a theater a couple of years ago and laughed 'til it hurt. This DVD version makes the transition to the small screen very well and I've enjoyed it many times since. Kung Pow's critics are correct in saying it's "stupid". But it's deliberately stupid...brilliantly stupid. Steve Oedekerk takes an old kung-fu potboiler and through computer imaging, inserts his image into the older movie, then dubs in voiceovers and narrative to create a comedy classic.

Oedekerk stars as "The Chosen One"; a martial arts virtuoso out to avenge his parents deaths at the hands of "Evil Master Pain", aka "Betty". However, the standard plotline is merely the vehicle for a series of hilarious send ups, visual jokes and witticisms. Along the way we meet the despicably cruel "Betty", "Tonguey", Moon Yu (a kung-fu fighting cow), and a host of other zany characters. Oedekerk pours on the laughs and there probably isn't a ten second stretch in the movie without a joke of some kind.

It surprises me greatly that there are people here who *really* disliked Kung Pow. How can anyone not get it? Fortunately, the naysayers are a minority, and hopefully Kung Pow II will be along soon.

So dumb it's actually funny!
Steve Oedekerk, the warped mind that gave us Thumb Wars (parody of Star Wars), Thumbtanic (parody of Titanic) and the infamous Blair Thumb, now inflicts upon us his bizarre humor in Kung Pow.

This is not a movie that will stretch your cerebral cortex, and is probably best enjoyed while on thorazine. It is a dumb movie, nearly tragically so, but despite my personal cynicism, I found myself laughing right out loud. Perhaps the reason this movie seems funny is that Kung Pow is almost as stupid as most of the martial arts movies themselves. Stupid begets stupid, but at least Oedekerk employed creative and entertaining stupidity.

Do not mistake my meaning here, as I was entirely entertained watching this movie. If the viewer can appreciate "ludirous as art", they will find this an entertaining movie. With wild abandon, Oedekerk unleashes his wit on everything in sight, particularly other movies, such as the Matrix.

Personally, I do not see this movie being any more, nor less ludicrious, than many Jett Li movies or those of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Lets be ruthlessly honest. Some of the traditional martial art flicks are really insipid, and Oedekerk lampoons them with ruthless satire and deadly accurate humor.

I suspect those who are fans of foreign karate pictures may be highly upset with Oedekerk and regard this movie with a hypercritically jaundiced eye. For others who regard most martial arts flicks as absurd, if not ridiculous, they will be thoroughly entertained as Oedekerk renders his parody with black belt humor.

It isn't a movie that is going to appeal to everybody. It isn't a movie that will enhance your baseline I.Q. It is a dumb movie. Dumb, funny, silly, and even ridiculous. But I enjoyed this film, and if you accept it for what it is, then you are likely to find it entertaining as well.

Funny as hell!
I NEVER laughed so hard!!! My favorite part was when the main character used the "gopher chucks". It was so funny!!!! And the voices of that girl and Master Pain(I think that's his name, i'm talking about that badguy)were so funny!!

SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS!!!!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist? Oh, bruddah! As if it needed a review. I mean, Toungie, Moon-Yu the Cow, MASTER "BETTY" PAIN?!?!?!? Please don't buy this wanna-be martial arts movie.

"Your story makes my heart heavy, and my prostate weak."
"Kung Pow!" is an extremely original and hillarious comedy, period! I LOVED this film, it had me rolling on the floor! There are a few amount of clunkers (the talking tongue and the French aliens could've been left out), and it begins to lose it's charm about two thirds of the way through, but most of it is ingenious! I have no idea why critics hate this movie so much, don't listen to them. It is one of the funniest movies in recent years whether those uptight cinema snobs admit it or not. It's tempting to list every hillarious moment in this film, but you really should see it yourself. I know it looks stupid, but just trust me. You WILL laugh, and laugh often. It's not the perfect comedy, but it's pretty damn close! It breathes new life into a genre that's currently overflowing with clones of the "different people switch places" and "white guy meets black cop" plots.

If you enter a film like this with a bad attitude, like most of the critics out there, you'll hate it. If you enter it with an open mind and the willingness to laugh at a group of really stupid yet really clever jokes, you may find it to be the funniest comedy that you've seen in a long, long, time.

I give "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" a very solid 8.0 out of 10.0 ... Read more

Reviews (236)

Still LMAO
I first saw Kung Pow in a theater a couple of years ago and laughed 'til it hurt. This DVD version makes the transition to the small screen very well and I've enjoyed it many times since. Kung Pow's critics are correct in saying it's "stupid". But it's deliberately stupid...brilliantly stupid. Steve Oedekerk takes an old kung-fu potboiler and through computer imaging, inserts his image into the older movie, then dubs in voiceovers and narrative to create a comedy classic.

Oedekerk stars as "The Chosen One"; a martial arts virtuoso out to avenge his parents deaths at the hands of "Evil Master Pain", aka "Betty". However, the standard plotline is merely the vehicle for a series of hilarious send ups, visual jokes and witticisms. Along the way we meet the despicably cruel "Betty", "Tonguey", Moon Yu (a kung-fu fighting cow), and a host of other zany characters. Oedekerk pours on the laughs and there probably isn't a ten second stretch in the movie without a joke of some kind.

It surprises me greatly that there are people here who *really* disliked Kung Pow. How can anyone not get it? Fortunately, the naysayers are a minority, and hopefully Kung Pow II will be along soon.

So dumb it's actually funny!
Steve Oedekerk, the warped mind that gave us Thumb Wars (parody of Star Wars), Thumbtanic (parody of Titanic) and the infamous Blair Thumb, now inflicts upon us his bizarre humor in Kung Pow.

This is not a movie that will stretch your cerebral cortex, and is probably best enjoyed while on thorazine. It is a dumb movie, nearly tragically so, but despite my personal cynicism, I found myself laughing right out loud. Perhaps the reason this movie seems funny is that Kung Pow is almost as stupid as most of the martial arts movies themselves. Stupid begets stupid, but at least Oedekerk employed creative and entertaining stupidity.

Do not mistake my meaning here, as I was entirely entertained watching this movie. If the viewer can appreciate "ludirous as art", they will find this an entertaining movie. With wild abandon, Oedekerk unleashes his wit on everything in sight, particularly other movies, such as the Matrix.

Personally, I do not see this movie being any more, nor less ludicrious, than many Jett Li movies or those of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Lets be ruthlessly honest. Some of the traditional martial art flicks are really insipid, and Oedekerk lampoons them with ruthless satire and deadly accurate humor.

I suspect those who are fans of foreign karate pictures may be highly upset with Oedekerk and regard this movie with a hypercritically jaundiced eye. For others who regard most martial arts flicks as absurd, if not ridiculous, they will be thoroughly entertained as Oedekerk renders his parody with black belt humor.

It isn't a movie that is going to appeal to everybody. It isn't a movie that will enhance your baseline I.Q. It is a dumb movie. Dumb, funny, silly, and even ridiculous. But I enjoyed this film, and if you accept it for what it is, then you are likely to find it entertaining as well.

Funny as hell!
I NEVER laughed so hard!!! My favorite part was when the main character used the "gopher chucks". It was so funny!!!! And the voices of that girl and Master Pain(I think that's his name, i'm talking about that badguy)were so funny!!

SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS!!!!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist? Oh, bruddah! As if it needed a review. I mean, Toungie, Moon-Yu the Cow, MASTER "BETTY" PAIN?!?!?!? Please don't buy this wanna-be martial arts movie.

"Your story makes my heart heavy, and my prostate weak."
"Kung Pow!" is an extremely original and hillarious comedy, period! I LOVED this film, it had me rolling on the floor! There are a few amount of clunkers (the talking tongue and the French aliens could've been left out), and it begins to lose it's charm about two thirds of the way through, but most of it is ingenious! I have no idea why critics hate this movie so much, don't listen to them. It is one of the funniest movies in recent years whether those uptight cinema snobs admit it or not. It's tempting to list every hillarious moment in this film, but you really should see it yourself. I know it looks stupid, but just trust me. You WILL laugh, and laugh often. It's not the perfect comedy, but it's pretty damn close! It breathes new life into a genre that's currently overflowing with clones of the "different people switch places" and "white guy meets black cop" plots.

If you enter a film like this with a bad attitude, like most of the critics out there, you'll hate it. If you enter it with an open mind and the willingness to laugh at a group of really stupid yet really clever jokes, you may find it to be the funniest comedy that you've seen in a long, long, time.

I give "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" a very solid 8.0 out of 10.0 ... Read more

Reviews (236)

Still LMAO
I first saw Kung Pow in a theater a couple of years ago and laughed 'til it hurt. This DVD version makes the transition to the small screen very well and I've enjoyed it many times since. Kung Pow's critics are correct in saying it's "stupid". But it's deliberately stupid...brilliantly stupid. Steve Oedekerk takes an old kung-fu potboiler and through computer imaging, inserts his image into the older movie, then dubs in voiceovers and narrative to create a comedy classic.

Oedekerk stars as "The Chosen One"; a martial arts virtuoso out to avenge his parents deaths at the hands of "Evil Master Pain", aka "Betty". However, the standard plotline is merely the vehicle for a series of hilarious send ups, visual jokes and witticisms. Along the way we meet the despicably cruel "Betty", "Tonguey", Moon Yu (a kung-fu fighting cow), and a host of other zany characters. Oedekerk pours on the laughs and there probably isn't a ten second stretch in the movie without a joke of some kind.

It surprises me greatly that there are people here who *really* disliked Kung Pow. How can anyone not get it? Fortunately, the naysayers are a minority, and hopefully Kung Pow II will be along soon.

So dumb it's actually funny!
Steve Oedekerk, the warped mind that gave us Thumb Wars (parody of Star Wars), Thumbtanic (parody of Titanic) and the infamous Blair Thumb, now inflicts upon us his bizarre humor in Kung Pow.

This is not a movie that will stretch your cerebral cortex, and is probably best enjoyed while on thorazine. It is a dumb movie, nearly tragically so, but despite my personal cynicism, I found myself laughing right out loud. Perhaps the reason this movie seems funny is that Kung Pow is almost as stupid as most of the martial arts movies themselves. Stupid begets stupid, but at least Oedekerk employed creative and entertaining stupidity.

Do not mistake my meaning here, as I was entirely entertained watching this movie. If the viewer can appreciate "ludirous as art", they will find this an entertaining movie. With wild abandon, Oedekerk unleashes his wit on everything in sight, particularly other movies, such as the Matrix.

Personally, I do not see this movie being any more, nor less ludicrious, than many Jett Li movies or those of Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. Lets be ruthlessly honest. Some of the traditional martial art flicks are really insipid, and Oedekerk lampoons them with ruthless satire and deadly accurate humor.

I suspect those who are fans of foreign karate pictures may be highly upset with Oedekerk and regard this movie with a hypercritically jaundiced eye. For others who regard most martial arts flicks as absurd, if not ridiculous, they will be thoroughly entertained as Oedekerk renders his parody with black belt humor.

It isn't a movie that is going to appeal to everybody. It isn't a movie that will enhance your baseline I.Q. It is a dumb movie. Dumb, funny, silly, and even ridiculous. But I enjoyed this film, and if you accept it for what it is, then you are likely to find it entertaining as well.

Funny as hell!
I NEVER laughed so hard!!! My favorite part was when the main character used the "gopher chucks". It was so funny!!!! And the voices of that girl and Master Pain(I think that's his name, i'm talking about that badguy)were so funny!!

SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS!!!!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist? Oh, bruddah! As if it needed a review. I mean, Toungie, Moon-Yu the Cow, MASTER "BETTY" PAIN?!?!?!? Please don't buy this wanna-be martial arts movie.

"Your story makes my heart heavy, and my prostate weak."
"Kung Pow!" is an extremely original and hillarious comedy, period! I LOVED this film, it had me rolling on the floor! There are a few amount of clunkers (the talking tongue and the French aliens could've been left out), and it begins to lose it's charm about two thirds of the way through, but most of it is ingenious! I have no idea why critics hate this movie so much, don't listen to them. It is one of the funniest movies in recent years whether those uptight cinema snobs admit it or not. It's tempting to list every hillarious moment in this film, but you really should see it yourself. I know it looks stupid, but just trust me. You WILL laugh, and laugh often. It's not the perfect comedy, but it's pretty damn close! It breathes new life into a genre that's currently overflowing with clones of the "different people switch places" and "white guy meets black cop" plots.

If you enter a film like this with a bad attitude, like most of the critics out there, you'll hate it. If you enter it with an open mind and the willingness to laugh at a group of really stupid yet really clever jokes, you may find it to be the funniest comedy that you've seen in a long, long, time.

I give "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" a very solid 8.0 out of 10.0 ... Read more