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There's Something About Mary

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
339K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
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Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary (1998)
Romantic ComedySlapstickComedyRomance

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.

  • Directors
    • Bobby Farrelly
    • Peter Farrelly
  • Writers
    • Ed Decter
    • John J. Strauss
    • Peter Farrelly
  • Stars
    • Cameron Diaz
    • Matt Dillon
    • Ben Stiller
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    339K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    927
    521
    • Directors
      • Bobby Farrelly
      • Peter Farrelly
    • Writers
      • Ed Decter
      • John J. Strauss
      • Peter Farrelly
    • Stars
      • Cameron Diaz
      • Matt Dillon
      • Ben Stiller
    • 713User reviews
    • 117Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Mary
    Matt Dillon
    Matt Dillon
    • Healy
    Ben Stiller
    Ben Stiller
    • Ted
    Lee Evans
    Lee Evans
    • Tucker
    Chris Elliott
    Chris Elliott
    • Dom
    Lin Shaye
    Lin Shaye
    • Magda
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Sully
    Markie Post
    Markie Post
    • Mary's Mom
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Mary's Dad
    W. Earl Brown
    W. Earl Brown
    • Warren
    Sarah Silverman
    Sarah Silverman
    • Brenda
    Khandi Alexander
    Khandi Alexander
    • Joanie
    Marnie Alexenburg
    • Lisa
    Danny Murphy
    Danny Murphy
    • Boss' Brother
    • (as Dan Murphy)
    Richard Tyson
    Richard Tyson
    • Detective Krevoy
    • (as Richard M. Tyson)
    Rob Moran
    • Detective Stabler
    Jackie Flynn
    Jackie Flynn
    • South Carolina Police
    Hillary Matthews
    • Dom's Wife
    • Directors
      • Bobby Farrelly
      • Peter Farrelly
    • Writers
      • Ed Decter
      • John J. Strauss
      • Peter Farrelly
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    User reviews713

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    7jaysilentbob37

    One of the funniest movies of the 90's.

    I desperately wish that the Farelly brothers would go back to doing gross-out comedies like they did with Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, Me, Myself, and Irene, and this. This is by far the best of all their movies. There are three kinds of comedy. Comedies that make you smile (Sixteen Candles), comedies that make you laugh (Airplane), and comedies that cause you to nearly asphyxiate yourself from laughing so hard. This is one of those rare third category movies. With the friends I watched it with, the laughs sounded like nuclear bombs going off in my room. It's that funny.

    Thirteen years ago, Ted (Ben Stiller) landed a prom date with the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Mary (Cameron Diaz). Unfortunately, the date wasn't meant to be, for Ted has his manhood damaged right in front of Mary, and ends up in the hospital instead of the prom.

    Thirteen years later, Ted decides to track Mary down, and have a second chance with his dream girl. He hires sleazy private eye, Pat (Matt Dillon)to find her for him. Pat finds her, and she's grown up beautiful. Pat decides he wants to date her. He stalks her, finds out everything she wants in a man, and poses as just that. Meanwhile, Ted has been led to believe that Mary has become fat white trash in a wheelchair. Pat and Mary start dating.

    Well, by the end of the movie, every man who is involved in the story has tried to make a move on Mary. We all know how it ends, but it's one funny ride. One thing about this movie that's commendable is how the mentally retarded character is treated. He is treated in a way that isn't rude, or offensive. Mary sticks up for him, and he's really innocent. The funniest gag in the movie involves a NEW brand of HAIR GEL (compliments of Ted, and tested by Mary). I won't tell you what's really being mistaken for hair gel, but when you find out, you'll laugh so hard, you gag. This movie knows what a comedy of this type should be like. Each gag goes somewhere, and is really big. They're usually extended scenes with punchlines. Me, Myself, and Irene goes for the cheapest laughs you can find, but There's Something About Mary takes it's time, carefully planning each gag, in order to make it gut-bustingly hilarious. That's just what this movie is. 10/10.

    It is rated R for Strong Comic Sexual Content, and Language. Sex: 8/10 Violence: 3/10 Swearing: 9/10 Drugs: 2/10
    7Chris J.

    Funny, but surprisingly sweet too.

    The shock comedy aside (zipper and hair gel scenes), purposeful unpolitically correct moments (humor at expense of handicapped, animal cruelty), the most surprising thing about this film is it has heart and is rather sweet. It's not the completely nasty, cruel comedy you might have been expecting. There's a nice love story in here too. It's corny and cliche'd and doesn't feel overly cloying because there are enough shockingly funny moments to offset it. The acting is good, the pacing brisk, and the jokes, well... you've heard all about the best ones by now.
    7Meredith-7

    Goofy, low brow humour- but it has something...

    In the past I have not been a great fan of the Farrelly brothers films, however this film is an exception. The dog scenes were probably the funniest personally, but there were heaps of other scenes that are well worth a mention. Cameron Diaz was fantastic as Mary, the girl everyone is after and Ben Stiller was excellent. Matt Dillon was way too over the top- I know his role somewhat warranted it- but did he have to be so excessive? He seemed so irritating. There is no doubt that the humour in this film is of the lowest possible calibre, but it really works- think Dumb & Dumber, but only quite good. Despite all the comic situations in the film, there is still something undeniably sweet in the centre of the story, I think thats what made it work. Its certainly not top class entertainment, but its highly recommended for when you are in a stupid mood and need a good laugh.
    9Coxer99

    There's Something About Mary

    Insanely off the wall comedy from the Farrelly Brothers that delivers from start to finish. Wonderful early sequence with Keith David as Diaz's father busting heavily braced Stiller's chops. Stiller's zipper scene goes down as one of the funniest and most painful things I have ever witnessed on film. Diaz is divine the woman of Stiller's dreams...Dillon is hired to find Diaz...He falls in love with her and gives Stiller a bum story... Lee Evans, a pizza boy, is in love with her too... then Brett Favre comes into the picture. Every scene has something memorable from Dillon's attempts at reviving a dog to Stiller's "pre date entertainment." A classic that doesn't take itself too seriously.
    8bazookamouth-221-898097

    Funny but crude.

    This is gross out comedy classic; Its aged relatively well as 20 years have passed now. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes crude and disgusting, maybe the very best movie from the Farrelly Brothers. Outstanding Matt Dillon in one of his best roles. The hair gel scene is infamous now as is the bathroom scene. Very funny and Cameron Diaz was so gorgeous in this. Classic stuff

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    • Trivia
      (at around 18 mins) Dropping Ted on the stretcher wasn't scripted. When it happened, they cut to make sure Ben Stiller was okay and then thought it was so funny they left it in.
    • Goofs
      In one of the flashbacks to 1985, as Mary and Ted stroll down the street, she rants about San Francisco 49'ers' quarterback Joe Montana being obscure and underrated, but insists he will surprise by taking his team to a SuperBowl. By 1985, Montana had already won two Superbowls with the 49'ers.
    • Quotes

      Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?

      Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.

      Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.

      Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.

      Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?

      Ted: I would go for the 7.

      Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.

      Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?

      Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".

      Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?

      [Hitchhiker convulses]

      Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

      Ted: That - good point.

      Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.

      Ted: Why?

      Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're fuckin' fired!

    • Crazy credits
      A montage of scenes from the film as well as outtakes involving the cast lip-syncing to The Foundations' song "Build Me Up Buttercup" runs during the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      An extended version which runs 10 minutes longer was released on DVD:
      • The credits start as clay animations which then blend into real people.
      • Ted talks with Woogie about his session with the psychiatrist. Ted thinks he is a loser. Woogie tries to lift Ted's spirits by telling him how lucky he was, when his brother got killed in an explosion so that his kidneys could save Ted's life.
      • Healy and his buddy Sully visit his apartment. When parking the car, the guy brags how easily it is to pick up women in Miami.
      • Healy admires Sully's apartment and gets to know Bill, the python.
      • Mary tells Magda she shouldn't drink alcohol that early in the morning cause she stinks like a distillery.
      • Sully who gets a phone call from Healy because of the borrowed car. Healy made Sully sniff cocaine.
      • Whilst helping a disabled man move, a reporter meets him halfway up the steps to tell him that he parked his car in the handicapped area.
      • At the architecture exhibition Tucker asks Healey for his business card.
      • In front of Marys house, Healy asks if he may touch her breasts.
      • Sully is shown sniffing coke.
      • Sully is shown lying on a couch. There are some shots of his dog and Bill, the python, which he hasn't fed in ages.
      • Mary admits to Magda that when it came to Healey, she had trusted her head and not her instincts.
      • After Healy exposes Tucker, the orderer of the pizza appears. Tucker throws the pizza after him.
      • The barkeeper in the strip-club knows Tucker has no money and threatens to throw him out.
      • The fight Puffy vs. Ted is longer.
      • At Sully's apartment Ted and Healy see Bill, the python. Healy assumes that Bill ate the dog. We learn that neither Healy nor Tucker sent the letter to Mary. Then suddenly Sully's dog comes and Healy realizes that Sully was eaten by Bill.
    • Connections
      Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      There's Something About Mary
      Written and Performed by Jonathan Richman

      Jonathan Richman appears courtesy of Vapor Records

      [Played during the opening titles]

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Loco por Mary
    • Filming locations
      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $23,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $176,484,651
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,740,644
      • Jul 19, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $369,884,651
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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