if you're not with us, you're against us...

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 1999)

...I speak, of course, about those people who actually have a sense of humor: bawdy, high-brow, crude, intelligent. If it's funny, it's funny.
Rather than going into detail about why this movie was so funny, I'd like to stand on my soapbox and reprimand the people who just didn't get it. I've seen a lot of BAD comedies; I dare say that a majority of movies that strive for that genre marginally produce laughter from me. There's nothing worse than a contrived comedy scene that fails to make you laugh.
But, considering all of this movie's contrived scenes, I can't imagine for a second that anyone would think this comedy to be over the top or gratuitous in any way. The bawdy and prurient scenes certainly push the envelope of what we're used to in any movie, but they're all logical conclusions to the comedy sequences in which they belong. And boy, they made me laugh to the point of embarrassment since I'm so not used to laughing so hard.
I also have a problem with the word "offensive," because just about anything put into a context in which it doesn't belong can be deemed "offensive." Even a Cross. Or an American flag.
Now, I thought Dumb and Dumber was horrible and contrived. Kingpin was great, but was less of a comedy than it was a cult-ish romp of fun. But there's something about Something About Mary... the Farelly brothers have perfected what they've strived for in their past films.
So, if you don't get it, you're either a) a victim of the dumbed down, politically correct, sterile intellect that is constantly being pushed by the mainstream media, or b) just no damn fun to be around. Stop being too pretentious and holier than thou.