Son of the Mask

"The next generation of mischief."

2005 1h 34m EN

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2.3

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★4.2TMDB · 2,009🥫6%Rotten Tomatoes●20Metacritic★2.3IMDB · 60,188

FantasyComedyFamilyAdventure

Synopsis

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Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

“The next generation of mischief.”

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Cast

Jamie Kennedy
Tim Avery
Alan Cumming
Loki
Traylor Howard
Tonya Avery
Kal Penn
Jorge
Steven Wright
Daniel Moss
Ben Stein
Dr. Neuman
Peter Callan
Museum Redneck
Liam Falconer
Alvey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lawrence Guterman
Writers: Lance Khazei, Lance Khazei
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $84M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 71% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Mask Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lawrence Guterman, shot by Greg Gardiner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lawrence Guterman directs. Greg Gardiner behind the camera. Randy Edelman scores. Malcolm Campbell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $84M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 71% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 21 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
5Part of the "The Mask Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Lawrence Guterman, shot by Greg Gardiner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Malcolm Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming and Traylor Howard carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The next generation of mischief.".
11IMDB entry: tt0362165 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "mask", "baby", "superhero", "transformation".
13Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Greg Gardiner
Original score: Randy Edelman
Editing: Malcolm Campbell
Production design: Leslie Dilley
Costume design: Mary E. Vogt
Makeup / hair: David Dupuis
VFX supervisor: James E. Price
Sound: Jon Taylor
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $84,000,000
Box office: $59,918,422
Return: 71% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Son of the Mask (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes: 6% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 20/100
IMDB rating: 2.3/10 · 60,188 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

7 wins & 12 nominations

Part of

The Mask Collection

The Mask is an American fantasy-comedy film series based on a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics about the mask of Loki. The original film stars Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss.

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Lawrence Guterman

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r96sk2022-08-10
★ 4/10
Just as awful as I had anticipated. With that said, it's nothing so bad that it offended me - it's simply totally and utterly bad, to the point I kinda find it hard to hate on it because I just don't have any thoughts on it. It is, without question, undoubtedly worse than 1994's <em>'The Mask'</em> in every conceivable way though. Jamie Kennedy's version of this Dark Horse Comics character is truly dreadful, especially visually, though thankfully the film doesn't actually give that much air time to Kennedy as The Mask; like, he's there but it's predominantly the dog and the son that get much of the screen time alongside Alan Cumming's Loki - to slightly better effect too, the way the kid is animated kinda nearly works... it doesn't, but almost. Ryan Reynolds, <a href="https://youtu.be/X4ctYxLoXdo?t=406" rel="nofollow">according</a> to Kennedy himself, possibly wanted this role. It's lucky Reynolds didn't get his way, or he'd be stuck with a green ghoul in his past. <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/green-lantern/" rel="nofollow">Oh, wait!</a> 4/10 is probably generous on my part, though there are far worse films out there that actually annoy me - <em>'Son of the Mask'</em> honestly doesn't. It kinda just exists and I'm almost nonplussed about it.
Filipe Manuel Neto2023-08-15
★ 1/10
A film made to make money off the success of its predecessor, but which has nothing to do with it. Anyone who saw the movie “The Mask” with Jim Carey, from 1994, cannot remain indifferent. It's one of those family comedies that marked the 90's and that strongly contributed to the meteoric rise of the comic actor's career. It was a film that, in my opinion, did not need a sequel, but that, if it came to exist, would have to have the same crew and a similar cast (that is, keeping, at least, Carey and some other actors). Unfortunately, this movie does everything it shouldn't have done. In fact, any comparison between the first movie and this crap is pointless. It is not the first time that I see that there are sequels made to profit from great successes and that have virtually no connection with the preceding films. This is just one more example. Jim Carey was right not to want to associate himself with a project that failed at the outset, not least because most of the cast that associated with the film did not manage to take advantage of it beyond the financial inflow. The film is clearly expensive and stupid. It had a high budget, which was invested in a range of CGI assets and massive and sometimes impressive visual effects, but everything else is lacking. And the film's biggest flaw couldn't be any other: the script is so amateurish and idiotic that it seems to have been written by ten-year-old children. Ideas are bad, there are a number of situations in which we feel that the public is being mocked, and our intelligence is being mocked too. Another problem with this film is the total lack of humor. The movie was supposed to be funny and make us laugh, but we couldn't find anything funny. Much of what is shown was already done – and better – in the first film, and what has been introduced as new is a series of scatological or gross jokes that, I think, could have been cut. Even children's audiences might not be very interested in seeing this, if you think about it. The cast does what they can, but they can't do much. Deep down, the actors end up being the least to blame for the fact that the film is rubbish. Alan Cumming turns out to be the best actor present and is the only one worth seeing work. He's an effective villain and his comedic streak is interesting, but totally wasted here. Bob Hoskins makes an appearance, but it is innocuous and adds nothing to the film. Jamie Kennedy is bad, he does a bad job, and surely he must be sorry he got into this movie. The rest is basically a bunch of extras, even when they have to talk.