the satirical movie website dateline hollywood joke that son of the mask be all a practical joke star jamie kennedy play on new line cinema for his show the jamie kennedy experiment . if only . and if only the movie have be half as funny a that satire piece . the mask be the ideal vehicle for the face pull jim carrey that so many viewer dote on while it also delight male over the age of 12 by introduce cameron diaz . so have a followup minus both of them be not a good idea and plus you would have think new line would have learn their lesson after dumb and dumberer represent when harry meet lloyd . but no . though to be fair and have an all new cast be in keep with the original comic ( in which the mask go from owner to owner ) . a write by lance khazei and direct by lawrence guterman and however and there nothing there in return and except a steady stream of admittedly decent fx by the usual squadron of house ( industrial light and magic improving on the ally mcbeal dance baby and their own baby day out and with the tippett studio and giant killer robot and digital dimension and so on in support ) and an even great pander to cartoon fan by have our hero work at an animation company ( responsible for such gem a siamese pope ) and name his character after tex avery and and work in not just reference to classic cartoon but actual clip . the trouble be that last approach doesn not really work and partly because most of the attempt to bring cartoon trapping to live action fall flat ( especially the car get in the party mood ) and mostly because the tribute to the flintstone and woody woodpecker and duck amuck and especially one froggy evening show up how weak this movie be in comparison . plus the movie fit in shambolic slapstick alongside strain sentiment ( the underlie theme of the story be family while our hero isn not ready to have a son and and his nemesis alan cumming a the norse god loki be far from the apple of odin eye . and what bob hoskins be do here a odin and even after super mario bros. and be beyond me ) and and kennedy just isn not in the same league a carrey in the zany stake though it not like he get any help from the script . also note that unlike diaz and the very cute traylor howard ( a the mother of the son of the mask ) doesn not get much to do while give her the mask might have help the movie . further point be lose for throw away cumming and hoskins and steven wright and magda szubanski while for a suspiciously abbreviate running time ( which would account for some gaping plot hole and scene that seem to be miss ) while and for an incredibly bad attempt at an inside joke when our hero fail to sell the concept of the green guy a an animated tv series the mask do become an animated tv series in real life and and be a far good follow up than this sequel . the fact that this actually open in britain before the u should tell you everything . what with this and blade represent trinity and new line seem intent on corner the market on dreadful sequel with cast member from two guy and a girl . what next and the butterfly effect 2 with nathan fillion . somebody stop this .