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There's Something About Mary (1998)

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Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 68 | Rotten: 14

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

Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 5

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

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Movie Info

The Farrelly Brothers set this romantic comedy in their home state of Rhode Island. In 1985, when teen-nerd Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren Jenson (W. Earl Brown), his concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary Jenson (Cameron Diaz) to choose Ted as her senior prom date, a fact Ted's pals find hard to believe. However, on prom night, Ted gets his penis caught in his zipper, so the much-desired date never happens. Living

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Bobby Farrelly

Written By: Edward Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

In Theaters: Jul 15, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Aug 3, 1999

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Ben Stiller
Ted Stroehmann
Cameron Diaz
Mary Jenson
Matt Dillon
Pat Healy
Lee Evans
Tucker
Chris Elliott
Dom
Lin Shaye
Magda
Jeffrey Tambor
Sully
Markie Post
Mary's Mom
Keith David
Mary's Stepfather
W. Earl Brown
Warren
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan
Brett Favre
Himself
Willie Garson
Bob
Harland Williams
Hitchhiker
John-Eliot Jordan
Buttercup Singer
E. Danny Murphy
Boss' Brother

Critic Reviews for There's Something About Mary

All Critics (82) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (72) | Rotten (15) | DVD (38)

If the sight of a large chunk of a man's private parts caught in the teeth of a zipper is funny -- and I'm not saying it isn't -- then have I got a movie for you.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Top Critic

This one is dumbest. And funniest, as if that matters even a little bit!

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

Top Critic

Wrackingly funny.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Slate

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David Edelstein

Slate

Top Critic

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.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

Despite my earlier reservations about Bobby and Peter Farrelly, they're progressively winning me over, partly because they keep getting better.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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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.

April 27, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

Farrelly bros' gross-out laughs aren't for kids.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

The movie managed to walk a line between raunchy, gross-out comedy and a romantic comedy.

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

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]

May 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

A romantic gross-out comedy: What a concept!

August 11, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Puerile, politically incorrect, rib-achingly funny and strangely insightful.

August 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

...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...

October 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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.

February 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

Crude, offensive, sexist -- and embarrassingly hilarious.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Tom Meek

Film Threat

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

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

...there were also moments when I was actually bored.

January 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The witty romance is enhanced by the Farrelly's outrageous physical comedy gags and off-color situations, shocking viewers all the way to the cash register.

November 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie City News

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Douglas Pratt

Movie City News

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

April 26, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Dragan Antulov

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It was not hilarious. Especially the scene in the Bathroom (two scenes actually actually where Ben Stiller was...). Sure Cameron is hot, but the way every guy drooled at her was excess. This movie was okay.

February 15, 2010

Dead Angel

Super Reviewer

This was made back when The Farrelly Brothers were actually funny. Aside from Dumb and Dumber, There's Something Mary is quite possibly their most famous comedy. The film manages to make you laugh, but the thing that doesn't sit with me is that this film is not as funny as the first time you see it. If you rewatch it

August 26, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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