The Three Stooges: The Movie (2012)

I purchased this based on the overwhelmingly positive reviews at Amazon.com. Unfortunately, it did not turn out to be the kind of comedy I enjoy watching. In fact, I would rate it as one of the worse films I ever watched. There were moments in the story that I though held great potential, but it just kept coming back to these three morons pushing and hitting each other (and others) ad nauseam in the futile effort to make me laugh.

Let's face it, you need to be a Stooges fan to like this film, but my fifteen year old son is one, so we enjoyed it. These three do a great job imitating the original Stooges.

Superb movie with many funny scenes and is appropriate for all age groups to watch. It would be better enjoyed by the young ones. Amazon delivered this the next day even though I did not choose next day delivery. I got a steal deal at 100 bucks. And the movie still is worth the money at the current price too.

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I love this movie.....

I notice small pauses from one scene to next. Other than that, this is an enjoyable movie to watch. Nostalgic for the black and white antics, but the new vision/version of 3 stooges is BETTER. Great casting/acting from all concerned. 2 paws up!

Hi, I just received this, unwrapped the shrink wrap, and opened the case to discover that there was NO digital copy insert - i.e. NO code to redeem the digital copy!

The Three Stooges (the original show) is, without a doubt, an absolute timeless classic. They were unique, and spawned many imitators and trends. While a cynic might say that their show lacked variation, I'd say quite the opposite. The characters used their innocent personalities and absolute mastery in physical comedy to do interesting commentary on world issues, and while they specialized in slapstick not only they were the kings of it, they used it as a vehicle to tell some stories that stand the test of time.While due to several circumstances the third Stooge was changed several times, leaving only Larry and Moe constant, the most popular iteration of the group is the one with Curly as the third guy (followed by Shemp), and this is the one presented in this film by the Farrelly Brothers, clearly big fans of the show. And despite its lukewarm reception, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this film. I honestly regret not having seen it in theaters. This has to be evidence of how a bad trailer can be negative for a film's reception, since the problem is clearly not the film's quality, but the trailers where more than a bit underwhelming. I suppose they wanted to leave all the funnier bits hidden, but this didn't work well for the movie's box office (though, apparently, a sequel is in the works with the same cast, so we might be lucky).But I digress, the movie has a story, and it's a very generic/derivative one. The Stooges have to raise money to save an orphanage, and they end up getting tied into a woman's (Sofia Vergara) attempt to assassinate her husband to acquire his fortune. But here's the thing: the story is not important, and the directors know it. They deliberately picked a familiar story because they knew it was just a means to an end, which was to show the Stooges in action. And they succeeded inmensely. The film is funny through and through. It's not just about the pratfalls, of course, but there's no part of the film that unnecessarily slogs for drama. This is a very well-crafted comedy, and it's enjoyable in its entirety.The movie starts with the Stooges in their childhood, where they live through their adulthood until they're forced to leave because the place is about to close. I must point out this is a brilliant excuse to showcase the Stooges' innocence. They live completely disconnected from the outside world, so when they arrive in the city, they behave just like the original Stooges would. It's the best way to portray them as they used to be without resorting to time travel. Once in the city, they proceed to get into shenanigans that get them and almost everyone they cross paths with in trouble and lots of fantastic slapstick.The obvious best part of the movie is the three main actors. Sean Hayes (Larry), Will Sasso (Curly) and Chris Diamantopoulos (Moe) are absolutely brilliant as the Three Stooges. They nail, NAIL the original actors looks, mannerisms and slapstick abilities. They do it so well you'd swear they're the original actors reincarnated. At the start of the movie, the characters are represented by child actors, and they do and incredibly good job of it too. Obviously, the directors did a great job in finding and directing the cast in order to offer a proper tribute to the original series, and they did it so well that if you watch this movie in a monochrome screen you'd swear it was a restored old episode. The film is presented as three interconected episodes with classic title cards, which is an appropiate treat.I haven't watched the extras yet (I soon will), but the quality of the video and audio is impressive in the Blu Ray. The only bad thing I can say about it right now is that it doesn't allow you to go to the main menu right away when you put the disc, you have to skip all the previews one by one. I never understood that annoying design choice, but it's there. Still, if you get a chance to watch this movie, do it. It's worth your time.

My kids have watched this roughly 50 times and still crack up. They're 4 and 9 years old boys and this is right in their comedic wheelhouse. I have to say that I enjoy it, too - just not to the same level as the kids. The pacing of the slapstick routines in this is a little different from the original Stooges and I think that helps the little ones enjoy it. Even if you're not a fan of the Stooges, watch this movie just to see Larry David playing a nun.

On the face of it, making a film about the Three Stooges is not really the greatest of ideas, however the Farrelly brothers have pulled it off. The off-the-wall humor, and especially the physicality of the humor is successfully captured due to a collaboration of the directors, the actors, the stunt guys, and very importantly the sound guys. In some respects the story is not totally new or original, but the chance to execute the physical gags in the original shorts was obviously too much to pass up. This is clearlynot a movie for everyone. However, in the theatrical showing I went to, the audience clearly enjoyed what has been produced. So, from my point of view the movie is fully successful at re-creating one of the greatest, if not the greatest comedy team. If you are really into the stooges and want to see what is basically the complete collection as we have it, the ultimate collection 20 disc set from Columbia Pictures is not to be missed. Having watched that, I did get the feeling that a lot of the detailed stunts thatthis film steals from the stooges is taken very likely from the 1935 to 1936 period in the disc set. The extras on Blu-ray are very raucous. The history of the Three Stooges is essential, although if you have the 20 disc set you will know a lot of the material. The deleted scenes leaves out a lot, and I do mean a lot of really good content. Casting the Three Stooges is kind of so-so but still lots of fun. The feature behind-the-scenes of the Three Stooges is a blast as well and you can see just how much they owe to the original stooges in sound effects with the feature on the Three Stooges sound effects. TheThree Stooges mashup was fun, but ultimately something I could've done without. It would've been very nice to have a commentary but as it is the combo is great buy, even though the live extras had nothing on it (not even an announcement to say anything about when something might've happened).