Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

New animals. New adventures. Same hair.

PG-13 1995 · 90 min · ★ 6.3 (5K) · Crime, Comedy, Adventure

Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.

Directed by Steve Oedekerk · Written by Steve Oedekerk

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Jim Carrey Ace Ventura
Ian McNeice Fulton Greenwall
Simon Callow Vincent Cadby
Maynard Eziashi Ouda
Bob Gunton Burton Quinn
Sophie Okonedo The Wachati Princess
Tommy Davidson The Tiny Warrior
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Hitu
Danny Daniels Wachootoo Witch Doctor
Sam Phillips Wachootoo Chief
Damon Standifer Wachati Chief
Andrew Steel Mick Katie

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