- Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
- Subtitles: Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: July 13 2004
- Run Time: 119 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (371 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305499136
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#30,721 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #15 in DVD > Comedy > Comedy Directors > Farrelly Brothers
- #28 in DVD > Comedy > Comedy Stars > Ben Stiller
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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
Additional Features
This special edition contains never-before-seen footage and a karaoke music video.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"The greatest love story of our time..."
Mar 8 2004
Format:DVD
I must've seen this movie a hundred times, and it's still on my top 10 list. It truly is laugh-a-minute stuff for anyone with even a vague sense of humor, while the gags run the gamut from ridiculous to sublime, the plot twists ands turns, and the characters are actually well-developed and distinctive, more so than you'd expect for what is essentially, a romantic comedy. In my opinion too much attention has been paid to various scenes in the movie (I'm talking about clearing the pipes here...) and that shouldn't overshadow the many other hilarious bits. I think it definitely is a movie you need to watch repeatedly to pick up on all the running jokes and more subtle humor.
It also helps that Cameron Diaz is pretty much every man's dream - beautiful, low maintenance and willing to date nerds. Ker-ching!
Stiller is fabulous as usual, gamely getting humiliated movie after movie, but I think this movie was his zenith, the peak of his powers and so-on. he brings a smile to our faces, and at least once, tears to our eyes.
The supporting cast is also used effectively, with Lee Evans and Matt Damon in particular standing out.
The Farrelly brothers are the kings of skating the thin line between good and bad taste, funny and irritating. Here they come down solidly on the side of solid gold entertainment, although it appears many people here beg to differ as to which side of the line that is!
I think I'll go hit that 101st viewing now...
It also helps that Cameron Diaz is pretty much every man's dream - beautiful, low maintenance and willing to date nerds. Ker-ching!
Stiller is fabulous as usual, gamely getting humiliated movie after movie, but I think this movie was his zenith, the peak of his powers and so-on. he brings a smile to our faces, and at least once, tears to our eyes.
The supporting cast is also used effectively, with Lee Evans and Matt Damon in particular standing out.
The Farrelly brothers are the kings of skating the thin line between good and bad taste, funny and irritating. Here they come down solidly on the side of solid gold entertainment, although it appears many people here beg to differ as to which side of the line that is!
I think I'll go hit that 101st viewing now...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Extremely Hilarious!
Mar 4 2004
Format:VHS Tape
I saw There's Something About Mary when it first came out in the theaters and I even had the video but I gave the video away because when I get around to it I'm going to buy the widescreen DVD. I liked this movie and didn't have a problem with the low brow humor. Some people get offended by this type of humor but I didn't have a problem with it and I think this movie is hilarious and I think Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller were both terrific and the supporting actors were pretty good too and I even enjoyed the cameo by Brett Farve from The Green Bay Packers and I highly recommend this movie but only to people who don't have a problem with crude humor.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
There's Something About This Comedy
Jun 21 2010
Format:DVD
I know there are many other customer reviews for this film, but I have to voice my opinion too. However it happened, we missed this gem when it first came out, and heard about it only last month, from a friend.
This is one of the most original and funniest films we've seen in a long time. There are too many jokes and crazy moments to go into, so all I can tell you is to please do yourself a favour and buy or rent this film. It's a wild ride from beginning to end, and the unexpected twists, turns, and laughs will catch you off guard. And you'll never look at hair gel or zippers the same way again ;-)
This is one of the most original and funniest films we've seen in a long time. There are too many jokes and crazy moments to go into, so all I can tell you is to please do yourself a favour and buy or rent this film. It's a wild ride from beginning to end, and the unexpected twists, turns, and laughs will catch you off guard. And you'll never look at hair gel or zippers the same way again ;-)
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GREAT EXTRAS!
This funny, slapstick movie from the Farelly brothers has Ben Stiller hunting down a long lost High School love, with the usual crude gags and sharp turns along the way. Read more
Published on July 5 2004
The best comedy of the 90s, new story, crazy comedy.
Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliot, Lee Evans and Cameron Diaz are great in this hillarious comedy with lots of great scenes and interesting plots that lead to a series of... Read more
Published on May 29 2004 by Hadi Jones
OK
The cameo appearance by Brett Farve is the best part of the film. The rest is so low brow...7th grade humor..that it is a bore. Young teens and gawkers will like this. Read more
Published on May 29 2004 by J. McAndrew
Bad movie
Bad movie, overrated, I smiled a cople of times. Do not waste your money
Published on May 12 2004 by Rodolfo
Doesn't this airline supply paper bags on its flights?
There should be stars with negative integers situated to the left of the y-axis intersection on the horizontal x-axis number line to rate this film. Read more
Published on April 26 2004
Great 2 disc collection!
I'll leave it up to others to tell you about the movie if you havent seen it already.
This edition is filled with great bonus features, 2 versions of the film, both the... Read more
Published on April 17 2004 by Micheal Hunt
Looks good, not what i expected. 16th april 2004.
I watched it and it was nothing like what i had got in mind. I never expected it to be like this, it is quite boring to watch. Read more
Published on April 16 2004 by Kathryn Pointon
Frank and Beans!!!
There's something about Mary has been know for its classic scene where Ted's (Ben Stiller) gets his zipper stuck with his, well lets just say Frank and his beans and the hair gel... Read more
Published on Mar 9 2004 by newfound32
You either hate it or love it. ...."I work with retards"....
The first time I saw this movie I thought it was a pathetic piece of junk. But I guess I wasn't in the mood for this kind of humour. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004
Wish I Could Rate It A Zero
This is one of the very worst comedies I have ever seen. Even though I like teen comedies this boring waste of time does not even reach an eight year old level. Read more
Published on Feb 1 2004 by Zen Williston
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