Hold onto your pets and your remotes—Ace Ventura’s wildest mystery is leaping to 4K with extras so juicy, even a psychic couldn’t predict this glow-up!
Added on May 2, 2025 inEntertainment News Cards, Movie News Cards
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Ever wonder if Mercury retrograde had anything to do with Jim Carrey’s meteoric rise in 1994? Because that year alone, the guy went from James Carrey—the quirky sketch regular on In Living Color—to the uncrowned king of physical comedy with not one, not two, but three smash hits that changed the game overnight. Talk about a cosmic alignment! And it all kicked off with the absurdly hilarious Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a character so wild and unhinged he practically dared the universe to keep up. Now, just in time to make your summer a little weirder and a lot funnier, Shout Factory is unleashing the original beast in a deluxe new 4K Blu-ray set. So whether you want to relive those “ass you a few questions” moments or just marvel at how Courtney Cox was somehow pre-‘Friends’ cool before RTAs were a thing, this release is the cosmic gift you didn’t know you needed. Ready to dive back into the madness that turned Carrey into a legend—and maybe channel a bit of that unstoppable Aquarian energy? Trust me, you’ll want to see this in all its restored glory.
Before his big breakout, Jim Carrey was primarily known as James Carrey — the consistently hilarious performer on Fox’s comedy sketch show, In Living Color, from Keenan Ivory Wayans. However, 1994 saw Carrey instantly become a household name with not one, not two, but three hit movies that split the sides of audiences across the country, and soon, the world. That kind of output is just not seen, especially as a debut. According to Blu-ray.com, the movie that started it all, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, is now coming to 4K Blu-ray in a special 2-disc set from Shout Factory.
Tom Shadyac’s 1994 film, which also starred a slightly pre-Friends fame Courtney Cox, along with Sean Young and Udo Kier, is set to hit retailers on July 29. Ace Ventura was such a hit that he became one of those characters that people did impressions of. Reacher star Alan Ritchson even cited the film as an early inspiration. Calling Carrey his hero, Ritchson remembers, “When Ace Ventura came out [in 1994], I was in sixth grade, and I was enamored. He was so physical, goofy and unafraid. I’d never seen anything like it. I dressed up as Ace Ventura for three Halloweens in a row. I showed up to school and wouldn’t break character the entire time. I had the hair, the business card and I would walk up to people at their lunch tables and say, ‘Excuse me, I’d like to ass you a few questions.”
The description reads,
“He’s the best there is. In fact, he’s the only one there is! He’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey (Liar Liar) is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins, and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he’s undercover, under fire, or underwater, he always gets his man … or beast!”
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE – 4K BLU-RAY
DISC TWO – BLU-RAY
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