Tim Avery had a peaceful life with his wife and son and their dog until the dog stumbles on the mystical mask of Loki; the sly Norse god, unfortunately their little infant and the dog create some chaotic scenes.
In the five years I've been co-hosting this show, this is the closest I've ever come to walking out halfway through the film, and now that I look back on the experience, I wish I had.
Sacramento News & Review
August 07, 2008
Also struggling vainly against the visual effects are Traylor Howard as Kennedy's wife and Bob Hoskins as Cumming's father, the god Odin.
No doubt extensive market research shows that there's an audience out there for movies like Son Of The Mask, but it's too depressing to speculate who that might be.
Urban Cinefile
October 18, 2008
Kennedy is feeble and even Alan Cumming makes less of a meal than he could of his role as the petulant god of mischief.
If you are the son of Frankenstein, Flubber, Dracula, Lassie, Ali Baba, Sinbad, Billy the Kid, Davy Crockett, Robin Hood, Tarzan or Satan, you have to accept that the movie about you is likely not as good or memorable as the one about your dad.
Washington Post
February 18, 2005
A film top-heavy with joyless Tex Avery-style special effects and a dancing-baby bit embarrassingly reminiscent of TV's Ally McBeal.