Good movie -- Bad language

Rating: Null/10 (17 June 2000)

This movie was funny, but I expected something more from its makers. I watched Dumb & Dumber and was impressed by the jokes there, since they were original and outlandish, many times. Yet the story there wasn't all clear-cut and some of the scenes were out of place. So, in this movie, I expected an improvement in this area. When I saw it, it seemed to me actually worse than Dumb & Dumber. While there was a more coherent story and some nice touches (i.e. the way the main song was implemented), the excessive bad language and the random "beating about the bush" on obvious things -- that's what spoils this movie. After this, the movie is good for only one look (which will be thoroughly entertaining), but any more tries to see the fun in it are lost in its dry and "foul" language. There are moments of pure comedic genius, well-played scenes, and some well-acted/implemented characters, while to wash it down you have outrageously explicit and excessive bad language (even for a movie with a "bad" theme) and moments of absolute and utter stupidity. So, "There's Something About Mary" can't be a lasting and classic comedy.