There's Something About Mary (1998) movie poster

There's Something About Mary (1998)

"Love is in the hair."
ThumbScore
👍 80%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 76%
RomanceComedy

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Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.6/10 (5,258 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
69

Cast

Cameron Diaz as Mary Jensen · 70% avg
Matt Dillon as Pat Healy · 68% avg
Ben Stiller as Ted Stroehmann · 72% avg
Lee Evans as Tucker · 72% avg
Chris Elliott as Dom Woganowski · 74% avg
Lin Shaye as Magda · 74% avg
Jeffrey Tambor as Sully · 73% avg
Markie Post as Sheila Jensen

Is There's Something About Mary good?

Most people think so. 80% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#427 / 1262 · Romance
Rank in its year
#52 / 116 · 1998
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 11 · Bobby Farrelly

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American romantic comedy directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. Ben Stiller stars as Ted Stroehmann, a sweet but hapless man who has never gotten over Mary Jensen, played by Cameron Diaz, his prom date from 13 years ago who he never actually got to take to the dance due to a notoriously painful zipper incident. When Ted hires a sleazy private investigator, played by Matt Dillon, to track Mary down, the PI falls for her too, and a chain of increasingly deceptive suitors compete for her affection.

There's Something About Mary pushed the boundaries of mainstream comedy further than almost any film before it — the hair gel scene, the zipper scene, and numerous other moments of extreme physical and sexual comedy were so outrageous that audiences simultaneously gasped and howled. Cameron Diaz's performance as Mary was the film's anchor — she was so naturally charming, funny, and genuine that the audience understood why every man in the film was obsessed with her. The film earned $369 million worldwide on a $23 million budget.

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