There's Something About Mary
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (15)
D: Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly
20th Century Fox (Frank Beddor, Michael Steinberg, Charles
B. Wessler & Bradley Thomas)
US 1998
118 mins
Comedy
W: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly &
Bobby Farrelly
DP: Mark Irwin
Ed: Christopher Greenbury
Mus: Jonathan Richman
Cameron Diaz (Mary Jensen), Ben Stiller (Ted
Stroehmann), Matt Dillon (Pat Healy), Lee Evans (Tucker/Norm), Chris Elliott (Dom Woganowski), Lin Shaye (Magda), Jeffrey Tambor (Sully)
Following their bad taste tributes to the road movie (Dumb
& Dumber) and sports genre (Kingpin), the Farrelly Brothers' next victim was romantic comedy.
A decade after striking out in embarrassing fashion on
prom night, a man hires a shady private detective to locate the whereabouts of his high school sweetheart, but ends up double crossed.
The gross-out gags start early and don't let up as the
film progresses, leaving no victims as it even pokes fun at the mentally handicapped.
Despite the toilet humour, the film was amongst the most
successful of its year, and has moments of raucous hilarity, featuring Cameron Diaz' most iconic performance and serving Ben Stiller's career a gigantic boost. It can't be denied that there's
something about it.
7/10
