Pretty Good

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This was a film that I very first see as a teenager around two years after its release when it was first televised....back then I found it 'quite funny and a film that had its own style' though now after watching it the second time around in 2018 I can truly appreciate what a well written and distinct comedy it is and though it fits that 'goofy comedy' genre, there is no film quite like it, it makes me wish the 'Farrelly Brothers' still had the spark to produce good films (especially comparing to 'Stuck On You' and my recent first watch of 'Dumb and Dumber 2' which was underwhelming). Firstly I'v noticed a few reviews on here with concerns over the film containing 'toilet humour' and 'insensitivity', this indeed is true, there are many moments of both crudeness and narcissism. In terms of the crude humour, these are simply light hearted quick laugh scenarios built around a well written comedy that otherwise uses good understanding and comedy around in depth concepts such as 'want', 'loneliness', 'motives', 'greed', 'kindness', 'true love', 'lust' 'social indifference' and the 'relatability between the cultural stereotypes involved despite them being different'. The characters written into the story strongly portray these aspects well and the way the story is structured shows hallmarks of good writing with a story that progresses with the 'game of chess' power struggle between the hapless characters as new info comes to light for them and they take steps to obtain their goal. In terms of the insensitivity, though the film portrays unsavoury characters that are for example 'misogynistic' or 'insulting of disabled people' , it clearly in no way 'condones or glorifies it', in fact it does quite the opposite, it observes narcissistic attitudes in a comical way using the medium of these desperate characters ultimately coming unstuck; the film also contains strong 'empathic characters' who 'stick up for the little guy' and have more noble motives to their gains of which the film ultimately 'roots for' and centres around, as well as the other plainly 'quirky characters' who are simply 'up against it' and are somewhere in the middle. As mentioned before, the film very much has its 'own feel and style' which in this new age of mostly 'accepted and often blindly defended uniform mediocrity' when it comes to the feel and style around art, shows a good example of a film to take notes from for a production that shows good individualality, character and distinct feeling to it, which are often traits which make films memorable cult classics such as what this has become.

It has been almost proved that comedies are not as important as serious films. When you look at the greatest films ever made and critics' lists of annual best films, you'll be lucky to find one. When you do look at some of the all-time great comedies, you will find flicks like Some Like It Hot, Duck Soup, and Young Frankenstein. There's Something About Mary is one of those comedies stamped as at the level of the oldies. Some may find it funnier than others, but it is the way everything happens and the way the story unfolds that is just right.Ben Stiller ditches his good looks and starts the movie in a long flashback about when he was a total geek in high school named Ted Strowman who gets a dates to the prom with the most popular and pretty girl in school: Mary. Nobody can deny how beautiful Cameron Diaz looks as Mary. Things take a disastrous turn right away after he gets his sack stuck in his fly. This is perhaps the most memorable scene and the one that rolls out the longest. Mary moves away soon after with Ted blocking the incident out of his mind. Thirteen years later, he randomly starts thinking about her and has a panic attack. That respires his interest in her and his friend (Chris Elliot) recommends Ted hires a private investigator. Ted gets sleazy Pat Healey, played awesomely by Matt Dillon. Matt Dillon is a talented actor who has scored high in both comedies and serious roles. This is his best. Mary now lives in Miami, and after a while of tracking her, Pat also falls in love with her and decides to move down there. When Ted arrives, he learns that he must compete with many men viewing for Mary.The three leads in this are awesome, but it is probably Matt Dillon that was the fan favourite. The supporting cast is just as good, but it is where they fit in and who they are that drive the narrative to perfection. Some guy named "Woogie" fell for Mary first, but she had to get a restraining order against him; Ted fell for Mary when she moved to his town in high school; Pat fell for Mary after tailing her, and there's a slew of other memorable characters perfectly placed. Lee Evans plays a crippled man who is perhaps the smartest one in terms of getting guys away from Mary. Each subplot is perfect. Learning the true state of Lee Evans' character was when I couldn't help it and my self-containment was gone. I said to myself with a huge smile: "Oh my God this is perfect. Totally genius." Now whenever I watch it, I laugh really hard and it makes me feel so good about myself. That's what's up with Mary, the guys want her because she makes them feel great about themselves. The movie as a whole does that to me. (Well, Mary alone does too.)For a comedy to be truly great, there cant by just fart jokes. There needs to be a serious aspect and actual brains in the way the characters are written and the plot is developed. There's Something About Mary succeeds in that.

This Is the funniest movie ever! I always laugh so much every time i watch this show. It never gets old. I wish comedy movies were made like the olden ones, as now most comedies are plain stupid. Matt Dillon, and Ben Stiller are so funny in this show. In my opinion this is the greatest comedy movie ever made! The most memorable scenes, and funniest I think is when Matt Dillon's character is telling Cameron Diaz's how he control's his "retards", and what he does with him. I always love the part when Ben Stiller and Cameron's dog have an epic fight. I think this movie transformed Ben Stiller's movie career and to be the star that he is today.

In this Farraly brothers flick, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, and Ben stiller all team up to tell us what is so special about Mary. Cameron is definitely the best part of this movie, she really does show her acting chops here. Matt Dillon does alright in his sleezy dirt bag role. Lin Shaye is great in the role of Magda, I enjoyed her funny whacky performance. As for Ben stiller, he did alright I suppose, but personally, I would've preferred a different male lead actor. The comedy works just fine, although it was a bit too crass for my taste at times, like the "hair gel" scene for instance, didn't really need to see that LOL. The movie is well paced too, the pace isn't too fast or too slow, it didn't drag, but didn't really feel rushed. There is something about Mary, she stars in a comedy movie that isn't half bad, I actually didn't expect to like it as much as I did. 7/10 for There's something about Mary.