Stupid, gross comedy with heart

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 1999)

There's something about this movie that made me laugh. Maybe it's the clumsiness of a geek named Ted (Ben Stiller) who has a crush on Mary (Cameron Diaz). Or maybe it's the mean spirited jokes on gays and disabled (Mary's brother happens to be mentally retarded). The first twenty minutes starts off really funny and then it gets to the point of the story. Ted fails to take Mary to the prom because of a "predicament" that he put himself in. Thirteen years later, Ted still has feelings for Mary and decides to hire a double crossing detective named Pat (Matt Dillon) to find her. Pat finds Mary and falls in love with her. When Ted doesn't hear back from Pat, he finds Mary himself and tries to rekindle their relationship. The Farrely brothers finally do a movie that's really funny; it's better than "Dumb and Dumber." My evaluation: *** out of ****.