This is not a movie

Rating: 3/10 (8 November 1998)

It made me laugh until the sides of my face ached. It is an engaging entertainment that hooked me from the first few minutes, with interesting, 3D characters in an unfamiliar situation, revealing a little about the human condition.
It is, of course, The Full Monty. THAT is both funny and a movie. "There's Something about Mary" is three sketches, weakly sewn together by a non-plot, mugging in the name of acting, and woeful production.
The way over-the-top reaction to TSAM says a lot about how so many legitimate targets for humour have been repressed by PC. There's almost a palpable gasp of "I can't believe they're showing that", which turns up the laughter gas.
Maybe TSAM serves a useful social function. Spreading hilarity ain't one of them.
So please, people of the "funniest movie in the last ten years" brigade, get out some more eh? There's a dark room, showing real movies, just a short car ride away.