Stanley Ipkiss is an ordinary bank clerk who is failing miserably. At work, his misfortunes are laughed at by everyone except his one and only friend Charlie, and when one day he is approached by the glamorous blonde Tina Carlyle, it is only to help her boyfriend, the gangster Dorian Tyrell, to prepare for a bank heist. Excluded from the nightclub where Tina sings, Stanley returns home to find a man's body in the river. A closer look reveals that it is just an ancient mask floating on a pile of rubbish - another of Stanley's failures. He takes it home as a souvenir, unaware that it has the magical power to unleash the inner self, turning its wearer into a super-powered hero. Or a monster.  "The Mask" was released the same year as two other popular films by actor Jim Carrey, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Dumb and Dumber", but was an even bigger success, earning almost as much as those two comedies combined. Until 2019, when The Joker was released, it was the highest-grossing comic book-based film of all time. The Mask was nominated for an Oscar for its special effects, while Jim Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Comedy or Musical and a Golden Sheep for Worst New Movie Star. Unfortunately (and fortunately), neither the film nor the actor won any of these awards.  Directed by Chuck Russell  Starring Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, Cameron Diaz