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Tafkam Hokie
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If you saw There's Something About Mary when it first came out

was it funny then? I finally saw it for the first time over the weekend and found it utterly underwhelming. Admittedly, the likely funniest scenes are ingrained in pop culture such that you know about them even if you hadn't seen the movie, and thus the surprise value was gone (e.g. the zipper stuck scene, the hair gel scene, and Brett turning out to be Favre). Have humor standards just changed over time to where the old standbys of complicated schemes and lies to get the girl in a romantic comedy just aren't as funny as they used to be? Am I an old fart that is losing his sense of humor? Was the movie not really that funny in the first place? Or is it just classic Ben Stiller humor and I've never really found him to be that funny?
Posted: 05/06/2026 at 10:56 AM ET

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If you saw There's Something About Mary when it first came out
Tafkam Hokie 05/06/26 10:56 AM ET
I thought it was overrated when it came out which is weird because I am
AbsolutVT03 05/06/26 03:38 PM ET
I love Dodgeball as well. But Stiller was a supporting actor and villain
Tafkam Hokie 05/06/26 04:32 PM ET
That's just your perspective. *I* think he's the protagonist. ;^)**
Freddyburg Hokie 05/07/26 11:11 AM ET
I saw it about a month after it came out
Freddyburg Hokie 05/06/26 02:08 PM ET
I recently watched the Amityville Horror.
Coattail Hokie 05/06/26 02:03 PM ET
I showed my boys (college age) the 'franks & beans' opening & they thought
Vtskier1 05/06/26 12:52 PM ET
I mean, it's no White Chicks or Juwanna Mann. But still pretty funny. **
HokieGator 05/06/26 12:49 PM ET
It’s a Top 5 all-time comedy imo. Pat Healy is in the comic heel HOF.
RoswellGAHokie 05/06/26 12:19 PM ET
It had it's moments, but certainly not a classic**
turkeywinghokie 05/06/26 12:05 PM ET
it was funny when i was in my 20's... that's been awhile...**
bigbadbird 05/06/26 11:43 AM ET
A lot of movies I liked then have become unfunny
Hokie Chris 05/06/26 11:37 AM ET
I remember laughing a lot when I saw it in the theater, but a lot of the
Late 80s Hokie 05/06/26 11:04 AM ET
Also, the guy pretending to be a paraplegic to get the girl
Tafkam Hokie 05/06/26 12:10 PM ET
The zipper scene was definitely "cringe funny."
EDGEMAN 05/06/26 11:10 AM ET
Oh, and probably 3 to 4 years ago, we watched it with my then 16 YO
Late 80s Hokie 05/06/26 11:06 AM ET