Starring:	Cameron Diaz
	Ben Stiller
	Matt Dillon
	Lee Evans
Director:	Peter & Bobby Farrelly	Colour

There's something about those Farrelly brothers. Unleashing themselves on an unsuspecting world with the hyper-crude Dumb and Dumber, this massive surprise US hit of the summer lives up to it's predecessor in the vulgarity stakes. But less obviously, while the earlier Carrey vehicle had a slightly tender heart underneath the toilet humour, this goes twice for There's Something About Mary - it's a most bizarre mix of the very sweet, and very sour. Diaz (as anyone who has read any of my other reviews will know) is the movie world's most desirable female. At least all the men in this movie agree, especially poor Ben Stiller. Aged 16 and sporting a disastrous haircut, clothes and teeth braces, he steps in to protect her mentally handicapped brother, gaining her affection to the tune of a prom night date. Whilst picking her up however, one disaster leads to another ending in film history's most-painful-scene-for-any-male-to-watch. They lose touch, but he never forgets her. As indeed he wouldn't. Goaded by a friend to track her down 12 years later using the services of a dodgy private investigator (Dillon), Stiller finds himself driving across the US to try and woo her before Dillon himself - now under her spell - or one of several other hangers-on get to her first. There are other moments that are almost excruciatingly embarrassing to sit through (be careful who you watch this with), with some laugh-out-loud crudities, but it's the genuinely sweet natured story that holds things in place. The cast are all absolutely excellent, from weasely Brit-comic Evans through the ever-reliable Dillion and Diaz to the acting-career making performance of sometime-director Ben Stiller. This is a curiosity to be sure, but a pretty funny and enjoyable one. And yes, there definitely is something about Mary.