Yes, there definetly something about her...

Rating: 7/10 (17 June 2002)

A couple of scenes from There's Something About Mary have already become legend. The scrotum-in-the-zipper scene and, of course, the flying style-gel scene have guaranteed places in the Gross-Me-Out Hall of Fame. The Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, have provided us with the funniest mainstream comedy since AUSTIN POWERS.
The minds behind the successful Dumb and Dumber and the overlooked Kingpin have concocted an outrageous batch of gags and assembled a game cast to embody them. Ben Stiller is Rhode Island Ted, a nerdy, mouth-full-of-metal highschooler who has a crush on the impossibly tall, blonde and beautiful Mary (Cameron Diaz). Much to his surprise, she becomes his date to the prom. Well, almost. A nasty close encounter with the aforementioned zipper dashes his hopes of romance on the dance floor. Thirteen years later, Ted, with the braces (and zipper) now removed, is still thinking of Mary. You see, there is definitely something special about Mary. He has her located in Miami by hiring a sleaze ball private investigator (Matt Dillon), and the obsession continues.
Stiller is endearing as smitten Ted and Diaz is absolutely charming as Mary. No doubt, there's something about Cameron. You can easily see why she is driving everyone crazy. A terrific supporting cast including Dillon, Lee Evans, Chris Elliot and Green Bay Packer Brett Favre, add laughs. Quite astonishing is Lin Shaye as Mary's ever-present neighbor, Magda, whose bleached-blonde bouffant is way beyond white and whose dangerously tanned skin reminds me of a top-quality Naugahyde sofa. Look for Magda's dog Puffy too. He deserves a doggie Oscar all his own. Love Puffy's stunt double, which looks like an overgrown, stiff-legged Beanie Baby, has seen better days. The Farrelly brothers are now at work on Stuck on You about Siamese twins. Watch out for double the fun and double the flying body fluids.