There's Something About Mary

1998 Directed by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Love Is In The Hair.

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Cameron Diaz Matt Dillon Ben Stiller Lee Evans Chris Elliott Lin Shaye Jeffrey Tambor Markie Post Keith David W. Earl Brown Sarah Silverman Khandi Alexander Danny Murphy Richard Tyson Rob Moran Jackie Flynn Willie Garson David Shackelford David Goryl Cory Pendergast Brett Favre Steve Sweeney Cindy Oliver Steve Tyler Richard Jenkins Harland Williams Jonathan Richman Lenny Clarke Daniel Greene Show All…

Alternative Titles

There Is Something About Mary, Loco por Mary, Sekaisin Marista, Svi su ludi za Mary, Mary ni kubitakke, Doidos por Mary, Ima nešto u vezi Meri, Nori na Mary, Nieco na tej Mary je, Theres Something About Mary - EC, 메리에겐 뭔가 특별한 것이 있다, 情迷索玛莉, Loco por mary, Den där Mary

comedy romance

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Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 7

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A masterpiece. A goofy, glorious comedy about despicable men projecting their fantasies onto a woman who sees only the best in their performative actions. Nonstop classic gross-out gags, but honest above all - a layer of sweetness beneath stunts and jokes regarding gender, class, and notions of romance.
Review by Neil Bahadur ★★★★★

The last time I saw this film I wrote, "Mary never appears to be much more than a cypher..but maybe that's the point, seeing her through the eyes of these men who believe they're in love with her, using her kindness as reason to idealize her, and thus objectify her." Firstly, it's not "maybe" the point, it totally is, and if I hadn't noticed that more clearly before it's possibly a repercussion of this movie being almost too.....funny. OR: possibly I was foolish enough to fall into the same trap! But behind the heightened silliness of this movie is a very acute one about the invisible line between idealization and objectification.
Dave Kehr writes, Diaz's Mary is a "fantasy of…
Review by matt lynch ★★★½

the Cool Girl.
Review by siobhan ★★★

i mean its better than green book
Review by chunkbardey ★ 3

I watched this movie with my friend Natalie, and she made a really interesting point: that the Farrelly brothers, who directed it, should be killed. I definitely think it's worth considering broadly what accountability could look like for the people made this film, which is not only terrible, but so psychologically damaging as to be an act of war.
The whole thing with this movie is the idea of surrounding Cameron Diaz (who is beautiful and charming, and whose character is endlessly brilliant, patient, an othopedic surgeon, but also one of the guys, she loves hot dogs, sports, etc) with the absolute most odious men one could possibly even conjure (not an exaggeration, the grotesquery here is scarring), such that…
Review by Mario ★★★

I've actually never seen this before, but some scences are so iconic, I've known them for years. I never knew they're all from the same movie tho.
Review by kayla ★★★ 6

I’m always thinking about The House That Jack Built so I wanted to watch something else with Matt Dillon because he was good in that and he’s really hot so while looking I noticed he doesn’t have a great filmography and I think people should start to utilize him more often
Review by Tylah Marie ★★

Cameron Diaz really had to go through all of that... damn.
Review by Jacob Knight ★★★★ 1

“Isn’t that a little politically incorrect?”
The Farrelly Brothers’ BODY DOUBLE.
Review by Paul Elliott ★★★

Bobby and Peter Farrelly’s There's Something About Mary operates primarily on the energies of its captivating cast. It furthermore solidified Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller’s stardom, together with Matt Dillon demonstrating his unexpected aptitude for comedy. What arises is an abruptly constructed parody with a fixed stance about the shadiest aspect of male libido with continuous ornamental elements that aspire to provoke and repulse. It continues with a lewd and one-note comedic tone throughout, but there are aspects to admire in this coarse comedy to remain amused during its runtime.
Review by Jake ★★★ 3

got dosed up (moderna) to watch
Review by glimmerman96 ★★★★★ 7

Wenn ihr den von DVD guckt, und in der Szene in der Pat Healy Mary mit dem Fernglas beim Umziehen beobachtet, Frame für Frame durchskippt, dann könnt in einem Frame ungefähr 3/4 der nackten Brust von Cameron Diaz sehen.
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Review by Lou (rhymes with wow!) ★★★★ 2

..and to think that I had never seen this before until today! There's Something about Mary really is one of the finest comedies of the nineties. Every other scene had me laughing with tears.
Just an all around wonderful movie!
Thanks Michelle for suggesting we watch this. :D
Review by Michelle Parsons ★★★★★ 3

This has finally topped Clerks for my all time fav comedy. It makes me absolutely howl with laughter!
Also has the best end credits I’ve ever seen. ❤️
Can you believe this was a first time watch for Lou?? I made him go in the box of shame. 😂
Review by oliveblair ★★★½

Had not seen a movie this chaotic in a very long time.
Review by scheibs ★★★½

Jonathan Richman oscar snub.
Review by Max Miller ★★★½

“I couldn't believe that she knew my name. Some of my best friends didn't know my name.”
This was pretty damn funny. Extremely dry so it was right up my alley. It was also more raunchy than I intended it to be. I’m not complaining, this was a great movie, some things just caught me wayyyyy off guard lmao. Cameron Diaz is a freaking dream in this. Ben Stiller... lucky guy!
Review by Grace ★★

Mary und dieser Film generell ist die Definition des Tropes „cool Girl“... was quasi nur eine männliche Fantasie ist, bei der es nicht wirklich darum geht coole Frauen zu respektieren.
Außerdem hat der Film einige schwierige „Witze“ und auch die Darstellung eines autistischen Charakters bzw. mehrer von nicht autistischen Schauspieler*innen, ist mehr als nur schwierig.
Review by Owen Buxton ★★½

I freaking loved this when I first watched it but I showed it to my girlfriend a few months later and it totally fell flat and killed my enthusiasm for it :(
Review by Ryan Taylor ★★★½

Not everything here landed for me, but it was mostly enjoyable! I lost it at the attempted eye poke.
Review by beajol ★½

Une étoile et demi parce que j’ai ri ici et là, surtout quand il oublie le chien sur le top du char, mais sinon, mon dieu, c’était quoi ça.
Review by Art Vandaley ★★★★★

Is that hair gel??
Review by Connor Igielski ★★★

Rewatched with Commentary. Still can’t get over Diaz’s long, blonde hair. Stunning! But this movie kinda sucks
Review by David Fleck ★★½

One of my mum’s favourite films. Realised on rewatching that I’m still a little scarred from seeing it with my parents at about 13 years old. Found the physical ‘comedy’ of the disabled characters a little hard to watch this time around, times change eh.