eleven year ago and stanley ipkiss release his true inner self and become the hero of edge city by find and wear the norse god of mischief and loki mask . the mask help bring jim carrey to the forefront of comedy and reach a very popular status for it originality and just pure fun . everyone know how to spell party . p a r t y. why . cuz i get ta . now and eleven year later and it seem to me that the same philosophy have be apply to the new movie son of the mask . someone ask director lawrence guterman why be you make this . and he respond cuz i get ta . unfortunately and that answer doesn not cover it because after see son of the mask i still leave the theatre thinking and good lord and why . guterman and the rest of the people involve in the blasphemous film need to realize that the response give to why be you make this film should not be as simple a the answer to the debate on whether or not to party . the son of the mask begin with otis the dog find the infamous mask and bring it back to his owner tim avery and a clear homage to legendary loony toon creator tex avery . tim and play by jamie kennedy and be a struggle animator who be stuck work a a turtle tour guide for the animation company he aspire to one day draw for . on the night of the company halloween party and tim put on the mask and transforms into the mischievous and insane character that we all expect . after the party tim go home and mask still on and conceive a child with his wife . nine month later mayhem ensues a the baby born of the mask have remarkable cartoonish power . otis the dog and jealous of the baby attention and put on the mask and partakes in tom and jerry type mayhem to out the baby . meanwhile and loki and play by alan cumming and be in search for his mask at the order of his father and odin . first off and ill admit that i do respect the fact that this film pay so much homage to the classic cartoon such a tom and jerry and loony toon and with it wile e. coyote type contraption and the infamous dance frog type plot . however and this reverence can not save the film and make it less respectful and more of a waste of time . the premise of the movie become increasingly silly . silly be not always a bad thing and but in this movie and the silliness get to the point of just plain annoy . the character be not fun to watch and and what bad and theyre not funny . the dullness of the character can also be attribute to the fact that so much cgi be use . one of the great thing about the original be that while and obviously computer animation be use and so much rely on jim carrey and his exuberant style of just be . jim carrey and we be convince and be an actual cartoon . jamie kennedy just doesn not have that kind of ability and a fact that be clear when you watch him wear the mask and his facial feature rarely shift . the baby and dog be mostly completely animate which become increasingly distract throughout the movie . the side story of loki search for the mask just become more and more stupefying . the son of the mask be a sad sad state of affair . what i suggest be you go rent or buy the original the mask and thank the norse god and or whoever and for bring it to u . and will consider see the sequel my sacrifice a i continue to ask the infamous question why . the son of the mask get one star and although that star should be divvied up between the classic creator of loony toon and jim carrey and who will always be and in my book and the mask .