1998 Directed by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Frank Beddor Michael Steinberg Bradley Thomas Charles B. Wessler Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Thomas A. Imperato Garrett Grant
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…
20th Century Fox. Blu-Ray
1.85:1
Color
35mm
15
"I couldn't believe that she knew my name. Some of my best friends didn't know my name"
EXTENDED EDITION
Early Farrelly brothers work is by far some of the funniest and greatest comedies to grace the screen. Something About Mary is a comedy classic that pushes gross out, vulgar comedy and it all lands with a bang. Diaz has never been better and plays her role with pure perfection.
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I remember seeing this opening weekend in 1998. I was 20, and at the time I thought I hated musicals. However, the awesome closing credits of this film, a pseudo-musical number featuring the cast lip-syncing to The Foundations' glorious "Build Me Up Buttercup" while horsing around between takes, was so goofy, endearing, and borderline surreal (with such a GREAT song), that it was the first inkling I had that I might actually like that sort of thing.
It was good to revisit after several years. It remains a truly great, scrappy, low-budget little comedy (in the wake of its mega-success, it might be difficult to remember that it was actually a very modest release, never expected to gross $50 million,…
Those goofy bastards are about the best thing I've got going
A classic. So many fantastic setpieces and lines I still remember after all these years. Loses a bit of steam towards the third act, but there’s still a bunch of great moments throughout.
The Farrelly Brothers were quite the guys for a couple of years. Especially with this film, they’ve had incredible comedy, memeorable characters with a degree of depth, and even some swell direction. The way they employ camera movement and editing is clever and hilarious. It’s subtle at times, but punctuates the silly and raunchy jokes perfectly.
I’d seen bits on tv many times, but nothing prepared me for how much Matt Dillon tears it up. Stuck on You is a fav, but this is close behind. Add to the list with Cabin Boy of masterpieces where Chris Elliot talks about how cumming “cleans your pipes”
I've never been a fan of Ben Stiller and that doesn't change with this movie.
The type of comedy in There's Something About Mary is silly and forced. Not the type of comedy I enjoy. But I did like the famous "willy in the zipper" scene which was half funny.
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