In addition to launching Carrey's film career, it also spawned the sequel film Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), the animated TV series Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (three seasons, 1995–2000), and later, the direct-to-video spin-off Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective (2009). At the worldwide box office, it grossed $107.2 million. Carrey's performance led to the film having a cult following among male adolescents.
It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. The film was produced on a budget of $15 million. The film co-stars Courtney Cox, Tone Lōc, Sean Young, and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Carrey and Jack Bernstein. "There's a learning curve for all of us.Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin who is the mascot of the US football team Miami Dolphins. "In this day and age, it would probably not be done the same way," he told the Television Critics Association during a 2019 interview (via Showbiz CheatSheet). Of course, as conversations about the representation of sexuality and gender have evolved, it's become increasingly clear to a mainstream audience just how much this transphobic and homophobic plot twist is in bad taste, to say the least. This late change to the plot probably explains why the twist comes across as so jarring in the film - it's hard to believe that Sean Young of all people could have been a beefy football kicker, but with all the other goings on in this film it just barely works. As if the plot twist itself didn't make this clear, the Boy George song "The Crying Game" plays while Ace burns his clothes and showers in disgust. According to Tom Shadyac in the director commentary, this was a last-minute decision that was made near the end of filming.
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