Rolling Stone
"...THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY is sensational, sicko fun -- you won't believe your eyes....The biggest and boldest laughs around..." 08/06/1998 p.75-6Sight and Sound
"...Notable for its intelligence, invention and, unlikely as it may sound, compassion..." 10/01/1998 p.57-8 Entertainment Weekly
"...This time the Farrellys....have it figured out....[Dillon is] magnificently venal....[Diaz has a] blithe,easy charm..." -- Rating: A- 02/05/1999 pp.72-3 New York Times
"...The Farrelly brothers have made a film that's a hoot in every sense....The film works ridiculously well because it never stoops to being mean-spirited....The Farrellys display a crazy audacity that's worth admiring..." 07/15/1998 p.E1 Box Office
"...A fast-paced, hilarious comedy, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY will have audiences laughing out loud..." 08/01/1998 p.46 Los Angeles Times
"...This terrific ensemble throws itself into THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY....The cast's ability to treat ridiculous situations with complete seriousness creates a whole lot of laughter..." 07/15/1998 p.C1 The New York Times 8 of 10
Sometimes Western civilization declines in deliriously funny style. Why bother to list the myriad offenses given by There's Something About Mary, the proudly obnoxious new film by Peter and Bobby Farrelly, when it's easier--definitely much too easy--to enjoy them? In the raunchy wake of Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin, the Farrelly brothers have made a romantic comedy that's a hoot in every sense, worth a smidgen of disapproval and a whole lot of helpless laughter. But the Farrellys are as gleeful as they are crude, and they certainly aren't witless. The film works ridiculously well because it never stoops to being mean-spirited or (despite all appearances) authentically inane. The Farrellys display a crazy audacity that's worth admiring, and they take sure aim for the funny bone. - Janet Maslin
Orlando Weekly 8 of 10
There's Something About Mary, the latest loopy comedy from gross-out siblings Peter and Bobby Farrelly, is driven by a nearly nonstop string of over-the-top moments likely to make older audiences cringe in disgust. Teen-agers and those of us delaying adulthood, though, may laugh until we cry as the writing-directing duo behind Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin roll out this ceaselessly bawdy tale of a loveable loser's quest for the girl of his dreams...The Farrellys' sweet-natured treat, a welcome respite from the murder, mayhem and malaise of much of the summer competition, takes cues from film noir and date-movie romances, and then flushes those elements down the toilet with a liberal sprinkling of bathroom humor. - Philip Booth
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