There's Something About Mary 1998 by AverageMansReviews

There's Something About Mary 1998 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/dismemberment/burning/animal cruelty/drugs/animal waste/bodily functions/shooting/psychological abuse/biting/neurological disabilities/physical disabilities/stalking/doggin'/medical/references to homosexuality and decomposing.

Everyone wants Mary: briefly; at one point or another all these men have wanted to be with Mary Jensen/another name [Cameron Diaz:] she lives in Rhode Island, she is an orthopedic surgeon and she does a lot for the neural diverse community based on the fact that her brother; Warren Jensen [W. Earl Brown:] is by today's language clearly if I had to guess is very much on the autistic scale.

Generally speaking: the storyline and its other subsequent opponents such as comedy or/and action or just off the top of my head any field is really; I have to be honest with you and no I'm not being woke, but there is being honest with you that the vast majority of this film has aged like old milk; from these men clearly stalking Mary and granted okay for the one that wanted to see how she was doing that is partially acceptable, does not everything else or everyone else for that matter obviously I also include the psychological abuse component in here as well and not forgetting the neurological disabilities. But however we do have some good art in the form of Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers [you will see him throughout the movie singing about what is happening; they act as the bridge in this film between different places.]

Comedy and action; the physical comedy be it Ted Stroehmann [Ben Stiller:] he is a magazine writer that for many years has always had a thing for Mary that has a technical accident in the bathroom many years ago or in these present times with hair gel; for a little while these individual scenes became elements of popular culture back in the day or/and we have Tucker/another character [Lee Evans:] he is a British architect that is physically disabled by injury and also has a soft spot for Mary; like the Stiller Evans knows how to do physical comedy; because he is a British legendary stand-up comedian so this kind of physical comedy is very much his forte; so as a disabled individual on sticks he struggles to pick up his car keys, but he is determined to get them himself, so we have very much have this awkward situation of this disabled individual struggling to pick up these keys without falling over [with the emphasis of at any moment you could fall over so he quickly shifted his weight: basically it is like a baby deer on ice for the first time, with Mary having to watch; so as you can imagine this sequence is agonising and then it repeats itself in the following room, but Mary closes her office door, so we/she doesn't have to see it unfold again.]

Character developments and performances; on both counts if this is what they were going for they struck gold. But as I referenced earlier in his character developments in some cases have aged as well milk and for what they are these performances are good; in particular for me Diaz and/or Evans need a special mention.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; I mean after taking everything into consideration, this mark is a fair conclusion, yes there is extra bits and pieces and finally yes this film has some awards accredited to its name such as; 17 Winners which includes but not limited to New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1998. 17 Nominees which also includes but not limited to Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998 BSFC Award Best Screenplay Ed Decter John J. Strauss Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly