Parents Guide for
There's Something About Mary (1998) More at IMDbPro »

Crude sexual humour is placed throughout the film. Among the scenes:

-Heeding advice, main character masturbates in the bathroom while looking at a newspaper ad full of lingerie models in their bras and underwear. While we don't explicitly see what he's doing (but do hear the accompanying sound as his hand is just out of the frame), we see his arm moving rhythmically as well as his pleasured facial expressions. He eventually climaxes, but then worries about the location of the fluids just as his date knocks on the door. She then sees it hanging from his ear, confuses it for hair gel, and rubs it on her hands and then into her hair.

-Female lead is seen undressing through a pair of binoculars, but when the person watching her switches to a more powerful pair of binoculars, he inadvertently catches a glimpse of her much older and much less attractive neighbour topless.

-Main character inadvertently spots his date changing while urinating, then hastily zips up his pants, catching himself in his zipper. An extreme closeup of his mangled genitals is seen.

-A male character is shown being orally pleasured by his wife while they watch television. The ending credit music video shows the two reversed.

-A mentally challenged character is tricked into asking girls, "Have you seen my weiner?"

-A therapist implies that the main character is soliciting sex with other men at a public restroom because the therapist left the session mid-way to get lunch while the main character tells his story.

All violence is slapstick and comedic in nature, but still can be imitated by impressionable viewers. Among the scenes:

-Character uses the split AC power cord from a lamp as a makeshift defibrillator trying to revive shock a dog back to life. While doing so, the electricity momentarily catches the dog's belly on fire.

-Main character is repeatedly beaten by a developmentally disabled adult after trying to give him a gift, but inadvertently triggers a violent reaction.

-Main character gets a fish hook stuck in his face.

-It's implied that a man has been eaten by a snake, we see a huge lump in the snake.

-Main character gets into a fight with a small dog that has been given uppers, leading to the dog flying out of the window. The dog is later seen in a full body cast.

-Main character is beaten up by the police during an interrogation.

-A character is seen playing football with developmentally disabled adults in a very rough manner.

At least 40 "f" words (1 used with "mother"), 27 "s" words (1 which is written), 9 slang terms for male genitals ("d*ck," "pr*ck" and "c*ck"), 17 hells, 10 asses, 5 damns, 4 S.O.B.'s, 2 craps, and 5 uses each of "Oh my God" and "Jesus," 4 uses of "God," 2 uses each of "Oh God" and "Christ" and 1 use each of "G-damn," "Oh Christ," "Oh Jesus," "For God's sakes" and "Jesus Christ" as exclamations.

Mary says that she wants to date a guy who'd go with her to a ball game and have beer, and later when she comments that she also wants a guy who's self employed, her friend asks, "Like a drug dealer?"

The female lead indicates that she is hiding from a stalker, who later shows up and threatens her.