Rated PG; 1 hour 32 minutes
It stars Sean Hayes as Larry, Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe
and a brilliant turn by Will Sasso as Curly.
Was this movie funny? Soitenly! Are these the Stooges you
grew up with? No. Are they funny in the same way? Yes. There was a packed house,
with ages literally from 8 to 80 and I think everyone was laughing at some
point. I even brought laughter with one of those “oops, did I say that out loud”
moments. No joke, there was a scene with some signs written by the stooges and
of course I read one that struck me as funny out loud and started cracking up.
When everyone around me started laughing, I realized I said that out loud. Oh
well, no one seemed to mind. The movie is broke down into three episodes that
all tie together.
The orphanage that the boys were raised is in dire straits.
They need to raise $830,000 by the end of the month or the orphanage is going
to be closed. It’s the stooges to the rescue. This leads to all kinds of
hi-jinks, from a murder for hire, to ruined businesses and unexpected stardom
for Moe. Sounds like a plot, right? Who’d a thunk it? Not much of one, but
enough to go from one slapstick scene to another. The actors look pretty close
to the originals and they must have studied them for a long time because they
have the mannerisms down pretty dang good.
Don’t go to this movie expecting to see anything new. It is
at its heart a Three Stooges film. If you go in looking for a fun filled hour
and a half full of eye pokes, head slaps and various other slapstick style
comedy you won’t be disappointed. As a matter of fact, I will go as far as
predicting you will laugh out loud and leave the theatre happier than you were
when you got there. There’s something to be said for mindless comedy and the
Farrelly brothers hit the nail on the proverbial head with this one. They even
go as far as filming a short disclaimer before the credits roll, showing kids
that the hammers and other props that are used to bonk and boink each other on
the head are not real and neither were the eye pokes.
Go see this movie, spread the laughter.
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