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There's
Something About Mary
Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliot, Matt Dillon, a dog-named Puffy, and other people. |
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Sure,
this movie came out a while ago. No, I hadn’t seen it before.What
cued me to pick this movie the other day was its ranking of #1 in the list
of videos picked in hotel pay per view situations. I think Apocalypse
Now came in second.Wow, what a contrast! This movie is the Airplane
of romantic comedies, i.e. every joke in the book is thrown in and nothing
is sacred. Ben Stiller is excellent as a high school student, and
it’s weird to watch heart throb Matt Dillon in the role of a smarmy loser.
The physical humor is topnotch, even though the level of it is sophomoric.
The plot is enhanced by the introduction of a developmentally delayed brother,
as he has a recognizable personality and role, but why Mary had to be an
orthopedic surgeon is beyond me. Especially when you never saw her
see a patient or work overtime. Isn’t being beautiful, nice, kind,
quirky, and altruistic enough? Must Mary have also become a successful
and wealthy orthopedic surgeon in 13 years in order to attract such male
ardor? I think not. This movie gets four stars for making me
laugh until I cried about four times.
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