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There's Something About Mary

1998Runtime unavailableRomanceComedy

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There's Something About Mary1998
RT CRITICS84
RT AUDIENCE61
METACRITIC69
Directed byBobby Farrelly; Peter FarrellyMovie director
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RT critics84%Tomatometer
RT audience61%Popcornmeter
Metacritic69Critic score

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EPISODE 448

There's Something About Mary

15 picked · 0 without a winner

Who won the movie?

Picked on the show

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

Likely pick

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?

Likely pick

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

Picked on the show

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?

Picked on the show

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?

Picked on the show

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

Picked on the show

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

Picked on the show

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

Picked on the show

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

Likely pick

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

Picked on the show

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?

Likely pick

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

Likely pick

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

Picked on the show

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

Picked on the show

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

About these picks Winners come from the episode transcript. Timestamps may be a little off.

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