Chicago – I must admit that I approached the Farrelly Brothers’ long-delayed reboot of “The Three Stooges” with a heavy amount of trepidation. The previews were pretty atrocious and I had serious doubts that the filmmakers and the actors chosen to play the iconic title characters had any chance of capturing the spirit of the original. The fact that “The Three Stooges” works as often as it does is somewhat surprising. It’s a reasonably enjoyable family film. Far from painful but just as far from brilliant.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
It’s a shame really that “The Three Stooges” didn’t come out better because it’s easy to see how it could have worked. I’ll Never understand the decisions made to date the film, including working with the entire cast of “Jersey Shore” in multiple parts. Jokes about the iPhone and other modern references — they just don’t work. The material...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
It’s a shame really that “The Three Stooges” didn’t come out better because it’s easy to see how it could have worked. I’ll Never understand the decisions made to date the film, including working with the entire cast of “Jersey Shore” in multiple parts. Jokes about the iPhone and other modern references — they just don’t work. The material...
- 7/26/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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