Ted (Ben Stiller) has been in love with Mary (Cameron Diaz) since High School, and thirteen years later, he is realising his life is going nowhere because of it. He decides to track her down, using the help of a top-notch private investigator named Pat Healy (Matt Dillon), and try to rebuild the relationship they once had. But when the investigator also falls in love with Mary, it isn't easy for Ted to find his lost love, and madness follows, all about Mary.
Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller had a very impressive chemistry together, and I always think of this as one of Diaz's best roles. She was a very good Mary, and she made the character very likable with her charming smile. I found there to actually be something about her, but maybe it was just the way they portrayed her. Ben Stiller was mediocre, but does provide some very funny moments and contributes immensely to the film. The way he voiced it over was also a good touch. I thought Matt Dillon as the private detective was a great choice and he was an good villain, though a little too creepy. All the other actors were excellent in their parts, (especially the seven-minute abs guy, who was hilarious).
The only problem with this movie, and it is a small one, was how 9/10 of the sequences in the film aren't 'laugh out loud funny'. I found a lot of the film to to be entertaining, and/or sweet, but not a lot of it made me actually laugh my guts out. Another thing I found annoying, how they said the F word in nearly every sentence. I felt they overused it, in some parts of the movie was necessary to curse, but the majority of the time it seemed fake and tacky when the characters swore. I mean, it would have been just as funny without that much swearing.
A little raunchy, but very entertaining.
Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller had a very impressive chemistry together, and I always think of this as one of Diaz's best roles. She was a very good Mary, and she made the character very likable with her charming smile. I found there to actually be something about her, but maybe it was just the way they portrayed her. Ben Stiller was mediocre, but does provide some very funny moments and contributes immensely to the film. The way he voiced it over was also a good touch. I thought Matt Dillon as the private detective was a great choice and he was an good villain, though a little too creepy. All the other actors were excellent in their parts, (especially the seven-minute abs guy, who was hilarious).
The only problem with this movie, and it is a small one, was how 9/10 of the sequences in the film aren't 'laugh out loud funny'. I found a lot of the film to to be entertaining, and/or sweet, but not a lot of it made me actually laugh my guts out. Another thing I found annoying, how they said the F word in nearly every sentence. I felt they overused it, in some parts of the movie was necessary to curse, but the majority of the time it seemed fake and tacky when the characters swore. I mean, it would have been just as funny without that much swearing.
A little raunchy, but very entertaining.