The problem is, it is not funny

Rating: 2/10 (28 February 2000)

This movie must have something I'm illiterate about, because I cannot see the reason for all the fuss. When the movie ended I realized I hadn't laughed a single time, and since this is labeled as a comedy, this is bad, right? Before you start wondering if I am the kind of person who only gets laughs out of Woody Allen, let me tell you that I did laugh with, say, Beavis and Butthead Do America, so gross comedy is not a problem with me. The problem isn't the movie's very low-brow, or its highly-touted political incorrectness (which after all is pretty harmless), the problem is the jokes' timing. Even if you hadn't been told the jokes already, you could see them coming from a mile away, and then they are stretched out beyond breaking point. The best thing about this movie is Cameron Diaz, who proves to be an able and charismatic comedian, and not simply a "bombshell." She manages to convince us that there is indeed "something" about a Mary who otherwise is not very remarkable.