Puerile, politically incorrect, rib-achingly funny and strangely insightful.
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08/11/08
There's Something About Mary (1998)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:66
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7.1/10
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... [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Reviews for There's Something About Mary
Top CriticThere are some scenes of stand-out hilarity that will actually leave you in pain.
01/01/00
Top CriticCrude, offensive, sexist -- and embarrassingly hilarious.
06/24/06
Top CriticIs it worth seeing? Well, not if you want something genuinely witty.
01/01/00
This comedy made me laugh. Uncontrollably.
01/01/00
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.
02/11/07
...there were also moments when I was actually bored.
01/29/05
Mary is reminiscent of the crazed, hellzapoppin' style of the Marx Brothers.
01/01/00
The Farrellys have the gift for generating laughter from discomfort and vice versa, an insight commonly misconstrued as bad taste.
03/24/02
A fast-paced, hilarious comedy.
01/01/00
I may have gasped a little, and that's pretty much the intended effect.
01/01/00
Despite my earlier reservations about Bobby and Peter Farrelly, they're progressively winning me over, partly because they keep getting better.
02/03/09
What a blessed relief is laughter.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe Farrellys work so hard to be outrageous they end up sacrificing story, characters, even comedy, to achieve maximum gross-out.
10/15/02
Um dos filmes mais politicamente incorretos que já vi em toda a minha vida.
05/31/02
There is hardly a moment in the picture that is not laughable.
01/01/00
The masters of bad taste have managed to create a surprisingly good film.
01/01/00
Asquerosamente divertida.
08/31/01
Political correctness takes a vacation.
01/01/00
Cameron, with her unique beauty and unquittable smile, has a way of grounding the most ridiculous situations.
11/23/01
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