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| Directed by | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly |
| Written by | Ed Decter John J. Strauss Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly |
| Produced by | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Charles B. Wessler Frank Beddor |
| Starring | Cameron Diaz Matt Dillon Ben Stiller Chris Elliott Lee Evans |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Music by | Jonathan Richman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | July 15, 1998 |
Running time | 119 minutes (Theatrical) 134 minutes (Director's cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million |
| Box office | $369,884,651 |
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film.
The film was placed 27th in the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (see the 100 Years Series), a list of the 100 funniest movies of the 20th century. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted it the 4th greatest comedy film of all time. Cameron Diaz won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, an MTV Movie Award for Best Performance, a American Comedy Awards for Best Actress, a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Actress, she also received a Golden Globe Awards nomination for her performance (but lost to Gwyneth Paltrow).
Plot
Awkward and shy 16-year-old high-schooler Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) lands a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz), just to have it cut short by a painful and embarrassing zipper accident and has to go to the hospital. After that, they lose touch with each other.
14 years later, Ted is still in love — maybe even obsessed — with her. On the advice of his best friend Dom (Chris Elliott), he hires sleazy private detective Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to track her down. Healy finds that she is an orthopedic surgeon living in Miami with her friend, Magda (Lin Shaye), but he falls in love with the irresistible Mary as well. Healy resorts to lying, cheating, stalking, and drugging Magda's dog to win Mary but is exposed by Mary's architect friend, the apparently crippled Tucker (Lee Evans). Tucker, however, turns out to be a fraud himself, a pizza boy who is also in love with Mary and drives potential rivals away by slander, including Brett Favre, the famous American football star (playing himself), whom she almost married.
Ted, aided by Dom, drives down to Florida and seems to have won Mary's love, until an anonymous letter exposes his being less than honest about his link to Healy. While Ted confronts Healy and Tucker, Mary is confronted by Dom, who turns out to be her former boyfriend Woogie, who "got weird on her" in college, setting up the original prom scenario. Having found out that Tucker also lied about Mary's former love interest, football player Brett Favre, Ted decides that Mary should be with Brett, as Brett was the only one who did not resort to deceit to win Mary. After reuniting Brett and Mary, Ted leaves tearfully but Mary however chases after him, preferring him over Brett. The film concludes with the two engaging in a kiss while a guitarist (Jonathan Richman) who narrates/sings along all the story is accidentally shot by Magda's boyfriend who was trying to shoot Ted so he could win over Mary.
Cast
- Cameron Diaz as Mary Jensen/Matthews, an orthopedic surgeon with whom Ted has been in love since high school.
- Ben Stiller as Ted Stroehmann, an awkward and shy young man who loves – and is possibly obsessed with – Mary
- Matt Dillon as Pat Healy, a sleazy private detective whom Ted hires to track Mary down, only to fall in love with her himself
- Chris Elliott as Dom “Woogie” Woganowski, Ted′s best friend, who has a fetish for women′s shoes
- Lee Evans as Tucker / Norman Phipps, a Pompano pizza delivery boy who falls in love with Mary and pretends to be a British architect in order to woo her
- Lin Shaye as Magda
- Jeffrey Tambor as Sully
- Markie Post as Sheila Jensen, Mary′s mother
- Keith David as Charlie Jensen, Mary′s stepfather
- W. Earl Brown as Warren Jensen, Mary′s mentally disabled brother
- Sarah Silverman as Brenda, Mary′s sarcastic and obnoxious best friend
- Khandi Alexander as Joanie
- Willie Garson as Dr. Zit Face / High School Pal Bob
- Brett Favre as himself, Mary′s former love interest
- Jonathan Richman as the singing narrator
- Harland Williams (uncredited) as Hitchhiker
- Richard Tyson as Detective Krevoy
- Rob Moran as Detective Stabler
- Warren Tashjian as Freddie
Reception
Critical reaction for the film was generally positive. This sleeper hit was the highest-grossing comedy of 1998 in North America as well as the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year. It also catapulted Diaz and Stiller into the limelight. The movie has made $369 million worldwide, including $176 million in the U.S. alone.[1].
On the review website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 81 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10, with the consensus: "There's Something About Mary proves that unrelentingly, unabashedly puerile humor doesn't necessarily come at the expense of a film's heart." [2], and 70% on Metacritic[3]. Roger Ebert gave it three out of four stars, stating "What a blessed relief is laughter. It flies in the face of manners, values, political correctness and decorum. It exposes us for what we are, the only animal with a sense of humor. "[4]
Trivia
- In the 1994 song "Me agarré el pitito con el cierre" (I caught my peepee with the zip) from Uruguayan Rock Band El Cuarteto de Nos, the zipper's scene is described, even the firefighters part.
- The 2005 Bollywood film, Deewane Huye Paagal is inspired by There's Something About Mary.
- Lee Evans' British accent was criticized as sounding fake. In reality, Evans is British and his American accent was fake.[citation needed]
Honors
American Film Institute recognition
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs #27
References
- ^ There's Something About Mary (1998)
- ^ "There's Something About Mary". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "There's Something About Mary". Chicago Sun-Times.
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