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| There’s Something About Mary |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott, Lin Shane, Jeffrey Tambor |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
0670585 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
119 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
3/99 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly |
| (Story): |
Ed Decter & John J. Strauss |
| (Music): |
Jonathan Richman |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Arlan Jay Vetter |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
NA |
| (Editor): |
Christopher Greenbury |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Michael J. Benarente, MPSE |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly |
| (Co-Producers): |
Marc S. Fischer & James B. Rogers |
| (Producers): |
Frank Beddor, Michael Steinberg, Charles B. Wessler & Bradley Thomas |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS & Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Thirteen years after an unfulfilled prom date with outgoing Mary Jenson (Cameron Diaz), the still-lovesick Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) is prompted to hire Pat Healy (Matt Dillon), a man of questionable morals, to track her down in the rude, crude, hilarious comedy There’s Something About Mary.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 1.85:1 picture looks wonderful, with vibrant, fully saturated colors, accurate fleshtones and deep blacks. Images are sharp and detailed, with nicely rendered fine definition and clarity. There is no distracting noise or artifacts for a picture that is sure to please in all aspects of image quality.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1 soundtrack, while conventional, has moments that are satisfying, but overall bass response and surround envelopment is wanting when compared to the matrix PCM soundtrack. The music score is terrific with a light, fun quality. The discrete’s soundstage images wider, but often collapses to monaural or to stereo only with virtually no surround energy. But when there is an aggressive soundfield the discrete excels with split surrounds. Dialogue sounds natural with good spatial integration.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
Yes |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
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