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There's Something About Mary

1998Runtime unavailableRomanceComedy

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There's Something About Mary1998
CRITICS84%Rotten Tomatoes
Directed byBobby Farrelly; Peter FarrellyMovie director
Rewatchables1episode in the archive
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Audience scoreTMDB community
Roger Ebert3/4Original rating

THE POD'S VERDICT

The awards ledger.

Every category we found, distilled to the room's apparent consensus—without turning it into a host-by-host scorecard.

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There's Something About Mary

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Who won the movie?

Declared

Cameron Diaz

After considering Stiller, Diaz, and Dillon, they ultimately choose Cameron Diaz as the person who won the movie.

~ 1:18:00Runner-up: Ben Stiller

Most rewatchable scene

Apparent consensus

Healy meeting Mary at the golf course

The room converges on the golf-course meeting as the funniest and most rewatchable scene in the movie.

~ 0:32:00Runner-up: Mary's apartment / the prom invite sequence

What's aged the best?

Apparent consensus

The movie's bad-taste comedy playing as pure joke material

They agree the film still works because its bad-taste material is played straight for laughs rather than as edgy drama.

~ 0:48:00Runner-up: Rest areas as bathhouses of the 90s

Apex Mountain

Declared

The Farrelly brothers

Across the various Apex Mountain side discussions, they decide the Farrelly brothers as a duo are at their peak here.

~ 1:18:00Runner-up: Cameron Diaz
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What's the most 1998 thing about this movie?

Declared

Cops being prominently involved in a scene

They settle on the use of Cops in the Woogie scene as the most unmistakably 1998 element.

~ 0:48:00Runner-up: Brett Favre appearing as himself

What's aged the worst?

Declared

Brett Favre and the Warren casting conversation

They identify Brett Favre's later baggage and, more seriously, the casting of Warren as the biggest thing that has aged poorly.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: The movie's broad gay-panic jokes

Casting What Ifs

Declared

Steve Young for Healy, Chris Farley for Warren, Owen Wilson or Jon Stewart for Ted

They run through multiple alternate casts, with Steve Young, Chris Farley, Owen Wilson, Jon Stewart, Bill Murray, and Vince Vaughn all discussed as near-misses.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Bill Murray or Vince Vaughn for Pat Healy

Best actor award, not eligible

Declared

W. Earl Brown as Warren

After excluding a few candidates, they land on W. Earl Brown's Warren as the clear performance winner.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Chris Elliott as Woogie / Richard Jenkins as the therapist

Dion Waiters

Declared

Keith David

They settle on Keith David as the standout supporting wild-card performance in the movie.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Harland Williams

Recasting couch / director city

Apparent consensus

Norm Macdonald as Tucker

They toy with several recasts, but Norm Macdonald as Tucker emerges as the most compelling alternate version.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: Tom Hanks as Pat Healy

Top five most shocking and hilarious male nudity in a major comedy

Declared

Borat

After a top-five list, they conclude Borat's hotel nude fight is the funniest male-nudity gag in a comedy.

~ 1:12:00Runner-up: There's Something About Mary's zipper scene

The Catherine Trammell, would you throw your life away for this obvious stay-away award?

Apparent consensus

Mary

They treat Mary as the obvious stay-away because of the sheer number of psychos orbiting her.

~ 1:18:00

Secret Handshake memorabilia you want from this movie

Apparent consensus

Warren's earmuffs

They pick Warren's earmuffs as the funniest collectible prop from the movie.

~ 1:18:00Runner-up: Mary's signature golf bag

Floyd Gondoli, butter my ass, lollipops in my mouth award for something I just enjoy

Declared

A movie where everybody has a job but nobody works

They settle on the movie's deadbeat-but-employed world as the thing they most enjoy about it.

~ 1:18:00Runner-up: The Woogie reveal

Double feature

Declared

Dumb and Dumber

For a pairing with this movie, they land on Dumb and Dumber as the best double feature choice.

~ 1:18:00Runner-up: Kingpin

A note on the numbers Winners are transcript-derived apparent consensus, not an official vote tally. Timestamps are approximate.

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