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There's Something About Mary

Ah, young love… a time of first dates, awkwardness and violently getting your junk stuck in your zipper and having to rely on the fire department to help pry yourself free. Odds are, you can relate to at least the first two things on this list. The third may be best remembered by Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller), the bumbling teen looking for love in the opening moments of 1998's raucous comedy There's Something About Mary.

Directed by sibling duo Peter and Bobby Farrelly, this sleeper hit found adult Ted still

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