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There's Something About Mary

1998

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott ...

6.2

156,327

Comedy. Romance Ben Stiller plays a 30-something loser-in-love who decides to hires a private detective to find his high school sweetheart in hopes of rekindling their long-ago romance. Matt Dillon is the detective who tracks down the lost lover (Cameron Diaz) only to fall head-over-heels in love with her himself. So he reports back to his client that she's a 250 pound behemoth living on welfare with her four fatherless children. Of course, the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I love it when a movie takes control, sweeps away my doubts and objections, and compels me to laugh (...) There's such freedom in laughing so loudly (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'There’s Something About Mary' is sensational, sicko fun — you won’t believe your eyes"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Pic stands as proof positive that a comedy can be far from perfect and still hit the bull’s-eye if it delivers when it counts in its big scenes"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"[The script] is surprisingly well put together"	POS
United Kingdom	Anna Smith Empire	"An all-out opera of gag-inducing slapstick. Genius (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Phelim O'Neill The Guardian	"What still amazes is how such hitherto lowbrow laughs are elevated to almost graceful perfection."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The film works ridiculously well because it never stoops to being mean-spirited or (despite all appearances) authentically inane."	POS
United States	Paul Tatara CNN	"Gags that make sense (...) Stupid, but very funny stuff."	POS
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"The makers of 'There's Something About Mary' (...) believe it is enough for a comedy to be funny."	NEU
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"A near-perfect script, crack comic editing, and some really great performances synergize here to make one of the great comedies of the '90s"	POS
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Wickedly funny (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Bob Graham SFGATE	"It exposes the audience's insecurities about dealing with people who are 'different' (...) and shows that they can be funny, too. It gives us permission to laugh and, believe me, it is a great relief."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Perhaps the most surprising thing about [it] is that, while the film relies heavily on crude humor, it's also unexpectedly effective as a sweet, albeit offbeat, romantic comedy(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
Australia	Louise Keller Urbancinefile	"Deliciously wicked, hilariously entertaining and outrageously funny, 'There’s Something About Mary' is a real charmer"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Charity Time Out	"Crude, offensive, sexist - and embarrassingly hilarious."	NEU

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