|
Promotional Lines:
"Warning: The guys who did 'Dumb & Dumber'
and 'Kingpin' bring you a love story."
"Love is in the hair."
In short, beautiful Mary (Diaz)
possesses a special "something" which makes every man
who meets her, fall in love with her. Throughout the film all
the boyfriends (past and present) plot to foil the others and
plot to win Mary's heart.
This
"cheerfully crude and way over the line" screenplay
was written by John J. Strauss, Ed Decter, Peter & Bobby Farrelly.
The Farrelly brothers also directed this unique effort.
Cameron
Diaz (The Mask) and Ben
Stiller (Reality Bites) are great as the high school sweat-hearts.
Matt Dillon is great as the nightmare boyfriend.
Our favorite supporting character,
Mary's original crazy boyfriend was played by Chris Elliott. His
makeup changes throughout the film.
The musical interludes, done
by the on camera folk singers was a classy touch that was copied
from "Cat Ballou."
The prom date scene is outrageous
and fun. Another favorite scene takes place late in the movie,
when all of Mary's past boyfriends and current suitors argue and
fight over her.
Also be sure to catch the end
credits with the out-takes and additional footage, this makes
a unique perfect ending to the story.
Rated R for strong comic sexual
content and real crude language; (as the LA TIMES says it: "cheerfully
crude and way over the line") It is not everyone's cup of
tea, which is anyone with a higher standard of humor, but the
film is hilarious if you enjoy this type of low brow, crude humor.
It is on the opposite end of such comedy classics as "It's
a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," where the talent of the comedians
involved and a clever script were the vehicles of comedy. It is
a classic in this genre of crude humorous films, though, which
has a huge audience.
Definitely not for the under
17 crowd, or adults who have a higher sense of what is funny.
If you enjoyed THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT MARY you may like AMERICAN PIE, ME, MYSELF AND I, DUMB
AND DUMBER, HAPPY GILMORE, PORKY'S,
BLAZING SADDLES,
MONTY PYTHON
AND THE HOLY GRAIL and HOT
SHOTS PART DEUX.
THE CAMERON POSTER
* THE POSTER
|
