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Three Stooges, The (PG)

Three Stooges, The (PG)

Comedy

While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.


The critical consensus

Even hardcore Stooges fans will need to be in an indulgent mood to withstand the tedium of this Farrelly homage.

**(*)(*)(*)James Mottram, Total Film, 06/08/2012

The gut-busting laughs the Farrelly brothers used to routinely serve up with the gloriously silly likes of Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary are sadly absent.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 23/08/2012

The engaging performances in the Farrelly brothers's revival of the Thirties comedy vaudeville act The Three Stooges, spare the film’s blushes.

***(*)(*)James Lachno, The Telegraph, 23/08/2012

It's unapolgetically silly and certainly heartfelt – no one phones it in – and, while it incorporates modern trappings such as reality TV, it shows that what made the Stooges work all those years ago, though hardly in vogue, still works today.

***(*)(*)Phelim O'Neill, The Guardian, 23/08/2012

The mooted Stooges - Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, Benicio del Toro - dodged a bullet judging by this muddle of creaky slapstick and laugh-free plotting.

**(*)(*)(*)James White, Empire Online, 20/08/2012

t's completely bonkers and the stunts are definitely not to be tried at home, kids, but I have to admit laughing at the sheer insanity of it all, particularly when Larry "Curb Your Enthusiasm" David turned up as a grouchy nun. It's that kind of caper.

***(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 23/08/2012

A film that is most definitely an acquired taste.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 24/08/2012

A lot of the time, the storytelling is crude and witless. You have to given a certain credit to the three leads for their sheer physical commitment.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 24/08/2012

Surprisingly entertaining.

***(*)(*)Chris Tookey, Daily Mail, 24/08/2012

Expertly impersonated by Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso. Their limited skills, however, are not suited to a feature-length picture.

Philip French, The Observer, 26/08/2012

The film works as a simple, heartfelt tribute to the Stooges, with enough nose-tweaking and head-slapping for it to double as a family-friendly live-action cartoon.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent on Sunday, 26/08/2012

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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