Son of the Mask - Family Movie Review

Definetly different from the original Mask movie, this one offers a similiar story involving a whole young family. The magical mask weaves a troublesom web through their family life. Dealing with his spouse, bosses at work and neighbors Jamie Kennedy is on the verge of crazy ville until he figures out that the mask is causing all of the trouble. Good family movie with some decent special effects and plenty of action to keep kids interested.

The strange mask that gave Jim Carrey remarkable powers in the 1994 hit The Mask makes a mess of a seemingly ordinary family in this special effects-laden comic fantasy. Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) is a cartoonist living quietly in suburbia with his wife Tonya (Traylor Howard), their baby son Alvey (Ryan Falconer), and dog Otis; however, their lives are turned upside down when Otis discovers a strange green mask which channels the spirit of Loki (Alan Cumming), the Norse god of mischief. Both Otis and Alvey get their hands (or paws) on the mask, and soon both are shape shifting and making all manner of trouble while having a great time doing it. Unfortunately, this isn't the end of Tim and Tonya's troubles -- it seems the supreme Norse god Odin (Bob Hoskins) has given Loki the assignment of recovering the mask, and Loki will do whatever he must to get the mask back from Alvey and Otis.