There's Something About Mary

1998 film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
Movie film Q177374
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There's Something About Mary

Summary

There's Something About Mary is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,615 views/month, #116 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • There's Something About Mary received the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain[3].
  • There's Something About Mary's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • There's Something About Mary's director is recorded as Peter Farrelly[5].
  • There's Something About Mary's director is recorded as Bobby Farrelly[6].
  • There's Something About Mary's screenwriter is recorded as Ed Decter[7].
  • There's Something About Mary's screenwriter is recorded as John J. Strauss[8].
  • There's Something About Mary's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Farrelly[9].
  • There's Something About Mary's screenwriter is recorded as Bobby Farrelly[10].
  • There's Something About Mary's composer is recorded as Jonathan Richman[11].
  • There's Something About Mary's genre is recorded as romantic comedy[12].
  • There's Something About Mary's logo image is recorded as There's something about mary logo.png[13].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Cameron Diaz[14].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Matt Dillon[15].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Ben Stiller[16].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Lee Evans[17].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Chris Elliott[18].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Jeffrey Tambor[19].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Keith David[20].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Sarah Silverman[21].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Khandi Alexander[22].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Richard Tyson[23].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Brett Favre[24].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Richard Jenkins[25].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as Lin Shaye[26].
  • There's Something About Mary's cast member is recorded as W. Earl Brown[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Michael Steinberg[28], Charles B. Wessler[29], and Frank Beddor[30]. Directors include Peter Farrelly[5] and Bobby Farrelly[6]. Screenwriters include Ed Decter[7], John J. Strauss[8], Peter Farrelly[9], and Bobby Farrelly[10]. Cast members include Cameron Diaz[14], Matt Dillon[15], Ben Stiller[16], Lee Evans[17], Chris Elliott[18], and Jeffrey Tambor[19].

Publication

Publication dates include +1998-07-15T00:00:00Z[31] and +1998-10-29T00:00:00Z[32]. There's Something About Mary's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[33]. Its genre is recorded as romantic comedy[12].

Reception

There's Something About Mary received the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain[3]. Reviews include 7.1/10[34], 84%[35], and 69/100[36].

Cultural Impact

Things named for There's Something About Mary include There's Something About Marrying[37], a television series episode[38], directed by Nancy Kruse[39].

Why It Matters

There's Something About Mary ranks in the top 0.12% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,615 views/month, #116 of 94,065).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include There's Something About Marrying[37], a television series episode[38], directed by Nancy Kruse[39].

FAQs

What awards did There's Something About Mary receive?

Honors received include MTV Movie Award for Best Villain[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [9] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
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  30. [34] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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