{"id":1433,"date":"2009-06-22T00:44:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T05:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2009-06-22T00:46:32","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T05:46:32","slug":"theres-something-about-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soundadviceblog.com\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Disc Review: There’s Something About Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s Something About Mary
\n20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
\nBlu-ray Disc Review By Jerry Rutledge <\/strong><\/p>\n

This raunchy and oddly heartwarming romantic comedy from the Farrelly Brothers deserves a place in your collection.<\/p>\n

Ted (Ben Stiller) is a young and awkward high school nerd.\u00a0 In a random act of kindness, he defends Warren (W. Earl Brown), a mentally retarded boy, from school bullies.\u00a0 As it turns out the retarded boy\u2019s sister Mary (Cameron Diaz) is the most beautiful girl in Ted\u2019s high school graduating class.\u00a0 She asks him out to the senior high school prom.<\/p>\n

Ted arrives at Mary\u2019s house ready to take her to the prom.\u00a0 While using the bathroom, he catches a glimpse of Mary dressing for the prom.\u00a0 In a bizarre mishap he nervously catches his manhood in the fly of his tuxedo<\/p>\n

Ted dies of embarrassment.\u00a0 Or so it seems.\u00a0 Years later he is still smitten by Mary.\u00a0 At the urging of his friend Dom (Chris Elliott), he hires a slimy private investigator named Healy (Matt Dillon) to discovery her current whereabouts.<\/p>\n

As it turns out Mary has moved to Miami and not only is she beautiful, but she has become fabulously successful, interesting to men, and remained kind.\u00a0 She is an orthopedic surgeon, loves sports, and still cares for her retarded brother (W. Earl Brown).<\/p>\n

Healy falls for Mary too.\u00a0 He lies to Ted about Mary indicating that she is fat and wheelchair bound.\u00a0 Healy decides he will seduce Mary through trickery.<\/p>\n

Ted still loves Mary and travels to Miami to meet her.\u00a0 Adding insult to injury (and making for more comedy), Healy is just one in a long line of would be paramours that Ted must compete with to win Mary\u2019s affections.\u00a0 The sight gags are crude, rude, non-stop and uproariously funny.<\/p>\n

Extras include:
\n* in picture directors and writers commentaries; an extended version of the film, and an alternate animated claymation opening sequence;
\n* commentaries about the making of the film (\u201cGetting Behind Mary,\u201d \u201cBackstory,\u201d and \u201cComedy Central: Reel Comedy\u201d);
\n* interviews with the actors (\u201cExposing Themselves\u201d discussing acting in a comedy, \u201cFrank and Beans\u201d wherein actor W. Earl Brown explains how he played a retarded man; and \u201cTouchdown\u201d wherein football player Brett Favre discussed his cameo appearance);
\n* interview with the special effects designers for the film (\u201cPuffy, Boobs, and Balls\u201d);
\n* music (\u201cUp a Tree with Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins,\u201d which gives the history behind the singing duo that appears in the film; the \u201cEvery Day Should Be a Holiday\u201d music video and \u201cBuild Me Up Buttercup\u201d karaoke);
\n* special features with new comedic material such as \u201cBehind the Zipper\u201d and \u201cInterview Rollette with Harland Williams\u201d; and
\n* posters, trailers and TV spots (\u201cMarketing Mary\u201d); and \u201cOut-Takes\u201d material that was left out of the film.<\/p>\n