There's Something About Mary

Comedy, Romance

Cameron Diaz	Mary Jensen Matthews
Matt Dillon	Pat Healy
Ben Stiller	Ted Stroehmann
Lee Evans	Tucker/Norman Phipps
Chris Elliott	Dom Woganowski (A.K.A. Woogie)
Lin Shaye	Magda
Jeffrey Tambor	Sully
Markie Post	Sheila Jensen (Mary's Mom)
Keith David	Charlie Jensen (Mary's Dad)
W. Earl Brown	Warren Jensen

Director	Bobby Farrelly; Peter Farrelly
Producer	Frank Beddor; Mark Charpentier
Writer	Ed Decter; John J. Strauss

There's Something About Mary is one of the funniest movies in years, recalling the days of the Zucker-Abraham-Zucker movies, in which (often tasteless) gags were piled on at a fierce rate. The difference is that cowriters and codirectors Bobby and Peter Farrelly have also crafted a credible story line and even tossed in some genuine emotional content.

The Farrelly brothers' first two movies, Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin, had some moments of uproarious raunch, but were uneven. With Mary, they've created a consistently hilarious romantic comedy, made all the funnier by the fact that you know that they know that some of their gags go way over the line.

Cameron Diaz stars as Mary, every guy's ideal. Ben Stiller plays a high-school suitor still hung up on Mary years later; the obstacles standing between him and her include a number of psychotic suitors, a miserable little pooch, and, oh yeah, a murder charge.

The Farrellys' admittedly simplistic camera work, which adapts easily to a TV screen, and the fact that you'll likely laugh yourself so silly over certain scenes you'll want to replay them to see what you were missing while you were busy convulsing, make this a perfect video movie. --David Kronke