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Release Date:
15 July 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Warning: The guys who did 'Dumb & Dumber' and 'Kingpin' bring you a love story. more
Plot:
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. full summary | full synopsis
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High School
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Accident
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Dream Girl
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Idiot
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 16 wins
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11 nominations
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(126 articles)
Frank Beddor’s The Looking Glass Wars: Archenemy & Hatter M. vol.2: Mad With Wonder Win Yours Here
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Ridley Scott Buys Into Monopoly
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 16 November 2009, 6:14 AM, PST)
(From AreYouScreening. 16 November 2009, 3:10 PM, PST)
Ridley Scott Buys Into Monopoly
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 16 November 2009, 6:14 AM, PST)
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Ya gotta have a sense of humor!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Cameron Diaz | ... | Mary | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Healy | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Ted | |
| Lee Evans | ... | Tucker | |
| Chris Elliott | ... | Dom | |
| Lin Shaye | ... | Magda | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | ... | Sully | |
| Markie Post | ... | Mary's Mom | |
| Keith David | ... | Mary's Dad | |
| W. Earl Brown | ... | Warren | |
| Sarah Silverman | ... | Brenda | |
| Khandi Alexander | ... | Joanie | |
| Marnie Alexenburg | ... | Lisa | |
| Danny Murphy | ... | Boss' Brother (as Dan Murphy) | |
| Richard Tyson | ... | Detective Krevoy (as Richard M. Tyson) |
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Also Known As:
There's Something More About Mary (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong comic sexual content and language.
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Runtime:
119 min | USA:134 min (director's cut) | Turkey:107 min (TV version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Unrated (uncut video version) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Canada:14+ (Ontario - 2006) |
Iceland:L |
Ireland:15 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Malaysia:18SX |
Finland:K-11 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA (original rating) |
Australia:M (TV rating) |
Brazil:14 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:R16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (Approved No. 36073)
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The studio was initially reluctant to allow Ben Stiller - the Farrelly Brothers' first choice - to star, so the brothers decided upon a then unknown Owen Wilson instead. When the studio was even more reluctant to let Wilson star, they agreed to allow the Farrellys cast Stiller.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Ted has "it" caught in his zipper, the police officer is rolling back his unbuttoned, left sleeve. In the next shot the police officer unbuttons and rolls back his left sleeve again.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Family Guy: The King Is Dead (#2.7)" (2000)
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Soundtrack:
Talking to Herself
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When this film came out with all of the PR and things, I hated it. I hated it without even seeing it. Then, as with many movies, I caught this on Digital Cable TV, by accident. I had NO intention of seeing it, but once I did, I cannot tell you how much I loved it.
This is the Farrley Brothers at their funniest. The idea is simple, a guy (Ben Stiller) who had a crush on a woman (Carmen Diaz) he knew since high school and continued to yearn for her privately, finally getting an opportunity to try to reconnect what never got going. This is something almost everyone can identify with.
What makes this work...is its a dead-on hard hitting comedy. The Farrley Brothers spared no one: male or female, handicapped or able bodied, black or white, rich or poor, job or not, straight or gay, animal or vegetable, blonde or brunette, educated or not. It is NOT a cinematic masterpiece so don't look for one, it is not a punch line comedy or slapstick comedy, it is sophomore humor done very well because you're going to be laughing at what you think you shouldn't no matter how much you want to say you would never laugh at something like that.
Plus the Farrley Brothers added in "some things" that...well... may have just happened to you at some point in your adolecence, and put a comedic/gross quality to it that shocks you into laughing at it. All through the film you might laugh because you're thinking, "Better them than me".....even if it was you!
Not for eveyone's taste, even those who think they know comedy, but this is that kinda comedy that is hard to do once you've reached maturity and forgotten what it was like to laugh at simple things. This is as simple as it gets. Don't put too much into it, it is what it is, and to me, it was really funny! Good Show!