There's Something About Mary [MA]

Ted Stroehmann, after a rather embarrassing incident at senior prom, still nurtures fond memories of his prom date and love of his life, Mary. For thirteen years, he has been unable to get her off his mind so he finally hires a shady private detective to find her. But whilst on the job, the detective falls for Mary himself. As the plot thickens, it becomes clear that there is just something about Mary. 

It’s an original story, it has its minstrels and funny moments, but ultimately, I found There’s Something About Mary just strange. I’m at that stage where I know I don’t like it, but at the same time I didn’t find it all that bad. Going for a cheap or non-existent laugh, there is something about There’s Something About Mary. 

Ted Stroehmann, after a rather embarrassing incident at senior prom, still nurtures fond memories of Mary, his prom date and love of his life. Thirteen years later, he still has not been able to get her out of his mind, so he hires a shady private detective to find her. But whilst on the job, the private eye falls for Mary himself and, as the plot thickens, it becomes apparent that there is just something about Mary. 

Alright, the humour is not all that crude, at least not as crude as the films of nowadays, but there is crude and then there is silly. Mary’s roommate’s boobs was silly! The psycho dog was silly! But the story itself was actually original and almost heart-warming. 

From the moment the minstrels open the film singing and playing guitar and drums in a tree, you know that you’re going to enjoy this film on some level. For me, really, it was the story and being rather jealous of Cameron Diaz’s annoyingly long and gorgeous legs that made this film endurable. I didn’t mind Ben Stiller, some of the characters were a little on the weirder side of the tracks, and the moments where the movie tried to make you squirm just ended up being stupid and pointless. That’s not to say that it was a bad movie though. 

Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Jeffrey Tambor, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye, W. Earl Brown, and Sara Silverman, There’s Something About Mary was an original story, but a silly and close-to pointless film. Filled with crude/silly sex humour, violence, “romance” and the occasional song from minstrels in a tree, it’s one that you have to watch, but once is quite enough.