10 Iconic 2000s Comedies That Aren’t Funny Anymore (2 of 6)

Son of the Mask (2005)

Who in their right mind thought that we needed a sequel that replaces Jim Carrey’s rubber-faced chaos with uncanny 2005-era CGI? Even kids wouldn’t laugh at this atrocity. The plot is just a baby doing weird stuff wearing the magical mask, and the tone flips between “Saturday morning cartoon” and “tech demo gone rogue.” The original was a slapstick goldmine; this one is just… sad.

The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)

This “comedy” tries to preach the “inner beauty” lesson while dunking on a character’s looks because it thinks that’s humor. Even the rom-com beats are boilerplate, and the gags are all raunch, no wit. Let’s not even mention the “transformation” arc because it’s so clumsy, it ruins the entire movie. If there’s a laugh, it’s the nervous kind you have when someone says something wildly inappropriate at a work party and you don’t want to offend them.