Product Details

• Actors: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Ben Stiller
• Directors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jim Carrey, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
• Writers: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mike Cerrone
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: November 19, 2002
• Run Time: 348 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006G8J0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,734 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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There's Something About Mary is one of the funniest movies in years, recalling the days of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker movies with (often tasteless) gags piled on at a fierce rate. The difference is that cowriters and codirectors Bobby and Peter Farrelly have also crafted a credible story line and even tossed in some genuine emotional content, made all the funnier by the fact that you know that they know that some of their gags go way over the line. Cameron Diaz stars as Mary, every guy's ideal. Ben Stiller plays a high-school suitor still hung up on Mary years later. The obstacles standing between him and Mary include a number of psychotic suitors, a miserable little pooch, and, oh yeah, a murder charge.

In a minor miracle, the clever romantic fantasy Shallow Hal offers unexpected substance with the same comedic effrontery that made the Farrellys famous. Their antihero is Hal (Jack Black), whose fixation on beautiful women is reversed so he can see only the inner beauty of "undesirables"--like his new girlfriend Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow), gorgeous in Hal's eyes despite being grossly obese. The movie's handling of this conundrum is sweetly sincere, poking fun at social prejudices while validating those (overweight, homely, disabled) who are often heartbroken by Hal's brand of shallowness. The concept won't hold up to scrutiny, but Shallow Hal works as an often hilarious reminder that physical beauty is only skin deep.

In Me, Myself & Irene, Jim Carrey plays cop Charlie Baileygates, a nice guy who goes around trying to do the right thing but gets taken advantage of every step of the way. His psyche can only take so much, and soon his alter-ego Hank pops out to do every libidinous thing Charlie would never do. It's a great premise for a Jim Carrey film. Unfortunately, it's not a great Jim Carrey film. Here the Farrelly brothers get lost in a series of lazy gags and an even lazier plot about some evil golf development and the woman, Irene (Renée Zellweger), who needs to be protected because she knows something about it. Some of the jokes hit but many more miss, and some great concepts don't go anywhere. It's like the movie itself has a split personality--funny ideas trapped in a less- than-funny film.

Product Description

Contains: *Me Myself and Irene *Shallow Hal *There's Something About Mary (Single Disc)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars These are the funniest films I have ever seen., December 30, 2005

By	Puzzle box "smockey_421" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

The farrelly brothers are known for there crude humor and gross out comedies usually done in bad taste although its not that gross compared to other Hollywood comedy films, they also manage to make some very witty and humouros stuff and laugh out loud moments with there characters. But first you might want to know that if you liked Dumb and dumber and that particular brand of humor than your going to love these films. There's something about Mary is probably their biggest hit and one of there best, it stars Ben Stiller who happens to still be in love with his highschool crush from 13 years ago but an embarrising incident involving a zipper has ruined his chances of going to the dance with her. A hillarious film with psychotic characters and pathetic friends who try to help or sabotage his chance of meeting Ben Stiller's first love Mary (Cameron Diaz) he also needs to watch out for Puffy the dog. Me myself and Irene tells the story of a cop played by Jim Carrey who is a very nice guy that has a lot of problems he also has a split personality disorder and his alter ego causes alot of havoc he also has black kids from his cheating ex-wife that he has raised. I thought that this film was very underrated and its a great comedy. Now Shallow Hal was deffinently the weakest film in the boxset, Hal played by Jack Black is only intrested in slim and attractive women and keeps harrasing them until one day he gets hypnotised into seeing the inner beauty of a woman by some hynotist. He starts dating an obese woman played by Gwyneth Paltrow who he sees as an attractive and beautiful person that has a nice heart, thats all very nice but the film isn't as funny as the other faralley films. Overall this was a great addition to my comedy collection and the only thing missing like the other reviwers have said was King pin which is my favorite but I got that on a seperate dvd. If you go to Amazon.co.uk (I should have done this sooner) you will get a better boxset which has the same films plus two more Stuck on you and Say it isn't so and it happens to be alot cheaper aagh!.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BUT, What About..............???, December 2, 2002

By	CASEY T. DODD (L.A., Ca. USA) - See all my reviews

Dumb & Dumber??? KINGPIN????? How could you POSSIBLY call this a Farrelly Collection without these two gems- only the best two films they made! "Mary" had it's moments, but loses you towards the end. "Irene", aside from an occational laugh (the sons were HILARIOUS!!!) was average at best. And "Hal" was WAY too sweet for the likes of a Farrelly movie. I literally ROARED the first time I saw "Dumb & Dumber" & "Kingpen" and wore out several gears in my VCR from the constant rewinding to catch what I missed during the laughter. This box set makes as much sense as DVD box entitled "The Ultimate George Lucas Collection" with only American Graffitti & Howard the Duck. Too bad.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS IF YOU LIKE FUNNY STUFF, September 7, 2002

By	Spike "Will The B." (Streamwood, IL USA) - See all my reviews

I have seen all three of these movies. And i don't think i stopped laughing during them. Here is why:

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY: This movie has so many sex related jokes, it's worse than High School. I think they tell 5 different names for "cleaning the pipes". or Mary using "baby batter" for Hair Gel. Then there is all the little things.

ME, MYSELF, AND IRENE: I mean no disrespect AT ALL toward those with schizophrenia, but this movie has Jim Carrey as one funny schizo. The funniest characters would have to be Carrey's sons. Their speech makes sailors look like nuns. then all the problems that happen to the duo are hilarious.

SHALLOW HAL: THis movie is funny. It may make fun of the obese, but it is still funny. But the real story is Hal gains the ability to see the inner beauty of a woman. Jason Alexander is a "dog" of a character in this movie (you will get the joke when you see it.) This is good, but could have been better.

OVERALL: The Farrelly Bros. are comic masterminds. I would buy this set if i didn't already have "Mary". Hope someone listens. Peace out All!