A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.
- Awards
- 17 wins & 17 nominations
- Boss' Brother
- (as Dan Murphy)
- Detective Krevoy
- (as Richard M. Tyson)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia(at around 18 mins) Dropping Ted on the stretcher wasn't scripted. When it happened, they cut to make sureBen Stillerwas okay and then thought it was so funny they left it in.
- GoofsIn one of the flashbacks to 1985, as Mary and Ted stroll down the street, she rants about San Francisco 49'ers' quarterbackJoe Montanabeing obscure and underrated, but insists he will surprise by taking his team to a SuperBowl. By 1985, Montana had already won two Superbowls with the 49'ers.
- Quotes
Hitchhiker:You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
Ted:Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.
Hitchhiker:Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.
Ted:Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.
Hitchhiker:Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
Ted:I would go for the 7.
Hitchhiker:Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.
Ted:You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?
Hitchhiker:If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".
Ted:That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]
Hitchhiker:No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
Ted:That - good point.
Hitchhiker:7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
Ted:Why?
Hitchhiker:'Cause you're fuckin' fired!
- Crazy creditsA montage of scenes from the film as well as outtakes involving the cast lip-syncing toThe Foundations' song "Build Me Up Buttercup" runs during the end credits.
- Alternate versionsAn extended version which runs 10 minutes longer was released on DVD:
- The credits start as clay animations which then blend into real people.
- Ted talks with Woogie about his session with the psychiatrist. Ted thinks he is a loser. Woogie tries to lift Ted's spirits by telling him how lucky he was, when his brother got killed in an explosion so that his kidneys could save Ted's life.
- Healy and his buddy Sully visit his apartment. When parking the car, the guy brags how easily it is to pick up women in Miami.
- Healy admires Sully's apartment and gets to know Bill, the Python.
- Mary tells Magda she shouldn't drink alcohol that early in the morning cause she stinks like a distillery.
- Sully who gets a phone call from Healy because of the borrowed car. Healy made Sully sniff cocaine.
- Whilst helping a disabled man move, a reporter meets him halfway up the steps to tell him that he parked his car in the handicapped area.
- At the architecture exhibition Tucker asks Healey for his business card.
- In front of Marys house, Healy asks if he may touch her breasts.
- Sully is shown sniffing coke.
- Sully is shown lying on a couch. There are some shots of his dog and Bill, the Python, which he hasn't fed in ages.
- Mary admits to Magda that when it came to Healey, she had trusted her head and not her instincts.
- After Healy exposes Tucker, the orderer of the pizza appears. Tucker throws the pizza after him.
- The barkeeper in the strip-club knows Tucker has no money and threatens to throw him out.
- The fight Puffy vs. Ted is longer.
- At Sully's apartment Ted and Healy see Bill, the Python. Healy assumes that Bill ate the dog. We learn that neither Healy nor Tucker sent the letter to Mary. Then suddenly Sully's dog comes and Healy realizes that Sully was eaten by Bill.
- ConnectionsEdited intoTough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity(1999)
- SoundtracksThere's Something About Mary
Written and Performed byJonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman appears courtesy of Vapor Records
[Played during the opening titles]
I thought Ben Stiller played an excellent character in Ted as he tried locate the girl he had a crush on in high school. Cameron Diaz was superb in her role as Mary and the actor who played her brother was an excellent addition to the movie because he played his part as a disabled man really well. I'm not a real huge Matt Dillon fan and his role in this movie didn't do much to change my mind. He was very despicable as the sleazy private investigator who has the task of tracking the high school crush down; however, what he doesn't tell Ted when he does find her makes this film more interesting.
Who would think that this film has twists that would blow the audience away; it does and not just one, it has two. These twists are really something of a shock, especially to me who was not expecting it to occur the way it did.
Overall, this film was enjoyable I wouldn't mind seeing it a second time.
- michaelsibley416
- Sep 12, 2004
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $176,484,651
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,740,644
- Jul 19, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $369,884,651
- Runtime1hour59minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85: 1