• Friday, February 04, 1994

• Country:

  USA

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  86 min

1994

Goofs

• Revealing mistakes: Position of the stuffed dog relative to the door - it is impossible for Ace to have placed the fake dog in the position it is shown due to the direction the door opens in.
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the end of the scene where Snowflake is kidnapped, the get-a-way van squeals/spins its tires with a sound as if the van was on concrete. There is only grass on the stadium field.
• Continuity: Aguado's arm positions while at the murder scene.
• Continuity: The football players carrying Dan Marino off the commercial shoot swap positions.
• Continuity: Einhorn and Ace switch positions near the end of the murder scene.
• Continuity: In the end scene at the football match when Melissa and Ace start kissing their backs are to the audience in the football stands and Melissa is on Ace's right side. In the next shot she is to the left of him and they are now facing the audience in the stands and then in the next shot she is back on the right side. But there was definitely not enough time to change to these positions.
• Continuity: When the dog lays down on the picture of Ray Finkel, making it look like Ray had long hair, the "hair" was down past his shoulder. In the close-up, it is by his chin.
• Continuity: The condition of the box that Ace rips after he steps on the bubble wrap, and the subsequent position of the bubble wrap.
• Continuity: Before Snowflake's kidnapper puts his (her?) hand in the pool, the 1984 AFC Championship Ring is on the middle finger; afterward it's on the ring finger.
• Continuity: When Mr. Shickadance inspects Ace's apartment for animals, the doggy door on the fridge is a solid sheet of plastic, but when Ace calls his animals out afterward, the penguins exit through the doggy door which is clearly segmented.

Taglines

• He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.

Trivias

• The name "Shady Acres Mental Hospital" is a reference to the name of the director: Tom Shadyac.
• Lauren Holly screen-tested for the female lead role, but turned it down.
• A note found in Lt. Einhorn's desk is dated January 17, which is also Jim Carrey's birthday.
• Jim Carrey insisted on having Cannibal Corpse perform in the movie because they were his favorite band.
• The idea for Ray Finkle missing a game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl came from Scott Norwood's last-second field goal kick going wide right in Super Bowl XXV that cost the Buffalo Bills a victory, as the New York Giants Football Team defeated the Bills 20-19.
• The real final score of Super Bowl XIX was San Francisco 38, Miami 16. The game footage of 'Ray Finkle' used in the film is actually a 1984 clip of Dolphins kicker Uwe von Schamann.
• The song performed by Cannibal Corpse, "Hammer Smashed Face", is taken from their third album "Tomb of the Mutilated".
• Ace's car is a 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
• The Super Bowl as shown at the end of the film is between the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles.
• Courteney Coxcharacter, Melissa Robinson, was named after original writer 'Jack Bernstein''s daughter Melissa.

Awards

1. ASCAP Award
   Event: ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Top Box Office Films
   Recipient(s): Ira Newborn
2. Blockbuster Entertainment Award
   Event: Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Favorite Actor - Comedy, On Video
   Recipient(s): Jim Carrey
3. Blimp Award
   Event: Kids' Choice Awards, USA
   Result: Won
   Category: Favorite Movie Actor
   Recipient(s): Jim Carrey
4. ALFS Award
   Event: London Critics Circle Film Awards
   Result: Won
   Category: Newcomer of the Year
   Recipient(s): Jim Carrey