Sean Hayes
Will Sasso
Could have been better …
It is clear after seeing The Three Stooges that
the Farrelly brothers’ love for the original Stooges is a little too much. The
brothers, to me, have been a little shy of delivery in their movies since Something
About Mary (1998). Before this was Hall Pass, which was also a drag.
If you’re a huge fan of the original Stooges
and don’t believe in remakes, I’d advise you to stay clear of this movie. If
you’ve never seen the Stooges before and decide this will be your first… you
may not like this picture. But if you love slapstick comedy, go ahead.
One thing I must say is the performance given
by Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, and Will Sasso as Moe, Larry, and Curly
respectively is so so good and so like the original that I actually applauded
them for their work. Another high point in the movie is the mastery and
well-choreographed eye pokes, knuckle sandwiches, elbow nudges, and stunts. I
was thrilled by them.
The story is plain and simple, as all Stooges
stories start, until the trio makes a mess of things. The trio needed to raise
$830,000 to save their orphanage from closing, a task they took upon themselves
to save their home.
They decided to do all it would take to raise
the money, and so began the journey of the Stooges.
Their journey led them to the show Jersey Shore,
where they had to interact with the cast. We saw eye poking, punching, head
hitting all over the place, and I just couldn’t wait for it to end.
If we decide to look at why this movie is
lacking the Midas touch, the big issue for me is too much recycling of the old
Stooges flicks when they could have done things differently. The reality is, if
I need to see the old Stooges, I just need to visit the nearest video store.
This movie bringing it back, to me, was a waste. An irritating screenplay that
makes me wonder why anyone would think spraying baby urine and using it as
squirt guns would be funny. Even Sofía Vergara’s performance as the villain became
boring after a while.
The use of Larry David (maker of Seinfeld) as
one of the nuns was weird to me, and the joke of using Jennifer Hudson as one
of the singing nuns went over my head. I still haven’t figured it out.
At the very end of the movie, I just
appreciated the actors for their work more than the movie for what it was meant
to be. That is, funny (because it wasn’t).
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