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There's Something About Mary

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There's Something About Mary (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 78

Fresh: 64

Rotten:14

Average Rating: 7/10

Consensus: There's Something About Mary proves that unrelentingly, unabashedly peurile humor doesn't necessarily come at the expense of a film's heart.

Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY is a no-holds-barred comedy tour-de-force in which 30-something Ben Stiller locates and courts his high school dreamgirl (Cameron Diaz), unwittingly enlisting the help... THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY is a no-holds-barred comedy tour-de-force in which 30-something Ben Stiller locates and courts his high school dreamgirl (Cameron Diaz), unwittingly enlisting the help of some of her more hilariously psychotic suitors. In-your-face sight gags and unapologetic raunchiness disguise a riotously funny love story that is actually very sweet. Be amazed at the impeccable casting and stellar performances of the supporting players. [More]

Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott

Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans, Lin Shaye, W. Earl Brown, Jeffrey Tambor, Keith David, Markie Post, Harland Williams, Khandi Alexander, Sarah Silverman, Richard Jenkins, Jonathan Richman

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Screenwriter: Edward Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Producer: Michael Steinberg, Bradley Thomas, Charles B. Wessler, Frank Beddor

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Gauche, garish, and gross, a prime example of the coarsening of our culture and of the art of comedy in film. It's also pretty darn funny. [Blu-ray]

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05/24/09
Peter Canavese
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02/03/09
Washington Post
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This one is dumbest. And funniest, as if that matters even a little bit!

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02/03/09
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Wrackingly funny.

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02/03/09
David Edelstein
Slate

Crudely made, somewhat overlong and larded with plenty of things that don't work, pic stands as proof positive that a comedy can be far from perfect and still hit the bull's-eye if it delivers when it counts in its big scenes.

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02/03/09
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Despite my earlier reservations about Bobby and Peter Farrelly, they're progressively winning me over, partly because they keep getting better.

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02/03/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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A romantic gross-out comedy: What a concept!

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08/11/08
Maitland McDonagh
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Puerile, politically incorrect, rib-achingly funny and strangely insightful.

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08/11/08
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...Dillon's Pat, in an effort to win Mary's affections, poorly attempts to ape her compassion for the handicapped by referring to them as "retards" and "goofy bastards...

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10/12/07
David Nusair
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Remarkable for all the sick and politically incorrect sight gags it gets away with in its rule-breaking romp through the supposedly sacred laws of what makes people laugh, and what doesn't.

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04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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It was the raunchy comedy that raked in the headlines and had audiences shaking their heads in offended laughter, then coming back the weekend after, dragging in friends by their arms.

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02/11/07
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Crude, offensive, sexist -- and embarrassingly hilarious.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Everyone falls for Mary -- why wouldn't they? -- and no one is spared from the Farrellys' razor sharp raunch.

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12/06/05
Tom Meek
Film Threat

One of the weirdest romantic comedies around, combining scatalogical and no-taste humor with naivete and sweetness.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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...there were also moments when I was actually bored.

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Two very entertaining hours -- something that Hollywood comedies these days fail to deliver to the audience, with or without references to certain bodily fluids.

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04/26/04
Dragan Antulov
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Gross-out laughs with heart.

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07/16/03
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

When it's not mean spirited, tastelessness can be riotously funny. And this is a gag-a-thon of hugely funny proportions.

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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

You may also want to keep [a] washcloth handy, just to stifle those embarrassing aftershocks of laughter.

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04/25/03
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Though the plot of this film is trivial, what makes it succeed is the sheer outlandishness of the comedy.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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