Cameron Diaz is ADORABLE

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 1999)

"Something about Mary" is truly a wonderful film, regardless of all the "righteous perfect Puritan" critics it has. It is an endearing love story intertwined with hilarious jokes and stunts (esp. the hair-gel thing!); the balance between these two elements is perfect.
Cameron Diaz, I must say, is one of the most beautiful actresses in all of Hollywood, and she doesn't rely on seven layers of makeup. In fact, the only time she wore a significant amount of eyeshadow was in her prom dress (I hate chicks who wear eyeshadow--it makes them look hot, but it is so fake). Her character is one everyone falls in love with, including the audience, because she is the perfect girl--she likes sports, she's nice, and she doesn't mind if someone has imperfections--and she's a 'NINERS FAN!!! Yeah!!
"Something About Mary" is a refreshing break from all those other corny comedy romances in which you know from the first five minutes how they are going to end. I mean, it's not as if the ending is a surprise, but up until the last, you just kind of wonder if it's really going to end like that, and you really hope it does. Personally, for about three minutes, I thought Ted and Mary were going to just end up being friends, and I didn't want that. The movie keeps you hoping. Neither I nor my friends could help smiling really, really, big when Ted takes a big breath and starts toward Mary to embrace her at the end.
Ben Stiller is one of my favorite actors after I saw this movie, redeeming himself from the mistake of accepting "Mystery Men", an utterly pathetic movie which I saw before I rented "Mary".
Some say the acting was bad, but I don't see where they were coming from. The characters were perfectly believable, and those critics must have needed to just say SOMETHING bad because they know Diaz is amazing and can't admit it. I look forward to any and all sequels to this great film.
Oh...maybe I already mentioned it, but Cameron Diaz is SEXY!!