There's Something About Mary (1998)

The review calls the film the opposite of highbrow but praises the Farrellys for exceeding bounds of taste and decency to create outrageous, entertaining screwball comedy with an enjoyable cast and stand-out hilarious scenes. It notes it slows in places but remains highly entertaining overall.

The film delivers spectacularly irreverent and rude big scenes that will have audiences laughing hard, anchored by Cameron Diaz's game and gorgeous performance. It proves a comedy can succeed commercially even if crudely made and overlong.

The Farrelly brothers deliver crude, offensive and sexist gross-out humour that is embarrassingly hilarious. The one element they treat with relative restraint is the character of Mary herself.

The critic finds the film puerile, irreverent and very funny in its gross-out gags, with strong performances especially from Ben Stiller that give it a centre of sanity. They single out implausibilities in the female characters and the Farrellys' limited grasp of female psychology as the main flaws.

The Farrelly brothers have made a raunchy romantic comedy that delivers helpless laughter without being mean-spirited. Cameron Diaz stands out with her blithe comic style as the dazzling object of affection.

The critic finds the film has a strong start but weakens in the middle and ends poorly, appreciating its politically incorrect humor while noting it mocks physical disabilities. He singles out Cameron Diaz's portrayal of Mary as providing genuine character amid the chaos.

The critic calls it one of the funniest comedies of the '90s and the best Farrelly brothers film, praising how it builds a story around characters rather than caricatures with perfect leads in Stiller and Diaz. The gross-out gags are memorable but the film stands on its own with physical comedy and absurdist humor beyond them.