Amazon.com video review:
There's Something About Mary is one of the funniest
movies in years,
recalling the days of the Zucker-Abraham-Zucker movies, in which (often
tasteless) gags were piled on at a fierce rate. The difference is that
cowriters and codirectors Bobby and Peter Farrelly have also crafted a credible
story line and even tossed in some genuine emotional content.
The Farrelly brothers' first two movies, Dumb and Dumber and
Kingpin, had some moments of uproarious raunch, but were uneven.
With
Mary, they've created a consistently hilarious romantic comedy, made
all the
funnier by the fact that you know that they know that some of their gags go
way over the line.
Cameron Diaz stars as Mary, every guy's ideal. Ben Stiller plays a
high-school suitor still hung up on Mary years later; the obstacles standing
between him and her include a number of psychotic suitors, a miserable
little
pooch, and, oh yeah, a murder charge.
The Farrellys' admittedly simplistic camera work, which adapts easily
to
a TV screen, and the fact that you'll likely laugh yourself so silly over
certain scenes you'll want to replay them to see what you were missing
while
you were busy convulsing, make this a perfect video movie. --David
Kronke
Amazon.com video review:
There's Something About Mary is one of the funniest
movies in years,
recalling the days of the Zucker-Abraham-Zucker movies, in which (often
tasteless) gags were piled on at a fierce rate. The difference is that
cowriters and codirectors Bobby and Peter Farrelly have also crafted a credible
story line and even tossed in some genuine emotional content.
The Farrelly brothers' first two movies, Dumb and Dumber and
Kingpin, had some moments of uproarious raunch, but were uneven.
With
Mary, they've created a consistently hilarious romantic comedy, made
all the
funnier by the fact that you know that they know that some of their gags go
way over the line.
Cameron Diaz stars as Mary, every guy's ideal. Ben Stiller plays a
high-school suitor still hung up on Mary years later; the obstacles standing
between him and her include a number of psychotic suitors, a miserable
little
pooch, and, oh yeah, a murder charge.
The Farrellys' admittedly simplistic camera work, which adapts easily
to
a TV screen, and the fact that you'll likely laugh yourself so silly over
certain scenes you'll want to replay them to see what you were missing
while
you were busy convulsing, make this a perfect video movie. --David
Kronke
