Cameron Diaz's Mary is a bright and shining star orbited by a handful of unsuitably scuzzy suitors: childhood sweetheart Ted (Ben Stiller), seedy investigator Pat (Matt Dillon) and very good friend/sly'n'smarmy bastard Tucker/Norman (Lee Evans). All will do anything to get her... And all go through the meat grinder attempting to do just that, the Farrelly brothers churning out the gross gags - zipped-up genitals, an electrocuted dog, spunky hair gel - to win major belly laughs.

At two hours, it's overstretched but it's intensely funny at regular intervals, and this taste-pushing comedy's also big-hearted and brilliantly observed. Example? Mary's stepdad sitting down and pulling on his reading glasses to inspect Ted's "frank'n'beans" in the movie's funniest sequence. It's just a little disappointing that the Farrellys have been so uneven in the six years since.

DVD Extras:

The audio track is curious in that it has the Farrellys returning to their original commentary to slip in some additional asides. A good yak-trak already, it's now anecdote-ridden heaven.The second disc is heavy on US TV specials, an informal Comedy Central doc being the most noteworthy. Elsewhere, Stiller, Diaz, Dillon and Chris Elliott talk frankly about the experience of working with the Farrellys; singer/songwriter Jonathan Richman rambles like a barfly; and W Earl Brown discusses the inspiration behind his bit-part character Warren.A selection of nibbles then complement the main dishes. Here we have a conversation with American footballer Brett Favre (who plays Mary's ex in the movie), more nonsense from Harland Williams, presenter of the Comedy Central doc, and a thin spread of rather inconsequential bonus footage weaved back into the feature presentation.Not really an ultimate edition, then - Mary obsessives will want the DVD equivalent of finding the diary of the girl next door all wrapped up in a pair of her knickers - but it's pretty damn good nonetheless.