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There's Something About Mary

  • 19981998
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  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary (1998)
ComedyRomance
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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
315K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,686
241
    • Bobby Farrelly
    • Peter Farrelly
  • Writers
    • Ed Decter(story)
    • John J. Strauss(story)
    • Peter Farrelly(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cameron Diaz
    • Matt Dillon
    • Ben Stiller
    • Bobby Farrelly
    • Peter Farrelly
  • Writers
    • Ed Decter(story)
    • John J. Strauss(story)
    • Peter Farrelly(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Cameron Diaz
    • Matt Dillon
    • Ben Stiller
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 682User reviews
    • 142Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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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
    Rob Moran
    • Detective Stabler
    Jackie Flynn
    Jackie Flynn
    • South Carolina Police
    Hillary Matthews
    • Dom's Wife
      • Bobby Farrelly
      • Peter Farrelly
    • Writers
      • Ed Decter(story) (screenplay)
      • John J. Strauss(story) (screenplay)
      • Peter Farrelly(screenplay)
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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
      (at around 6 mins) 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
      Featured in At the Movies: Lethal Weapon 4/Whatever/Small Soldiers/Madeline/Pi (1998)
    • 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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    8/10
    Ya gotta have a sense of humor!
    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!
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      • July 15, 1998 (United States)
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      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
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