Although I like the Stooges, their form of physical comedy is only funny when the behavior is considered ridiculous - no one acts like that.  Unfortunately, although no one does Three Stooges moves on each other, people do assault and abuse each other.  So I choose to set it aside, knowing that although it is funny to me, it is NOT at all funny to people who have lived that.  Besides, it wasn't mainly the abuse I'd laugh at, but the situations they would either find themselves in or, more likely, put themselves in and all the people they would purposefully or unknowingly disrespect along the way that made it funny for me.  Fortunately, I can get all that, and at a much higher calibre too, from the Marx Brothers, without the physically violent gags. 

 

What's more, I'm concerned about whether they actually captured the real Stooges, since it's supposed to be somewhat biographical.  From the accounts I've read, they weren't all that happy.  I recall also reading how Moe Howard in his latter days cared so much about his fans that he worked to answer his fan mail every day.  With the physically violent jokes and the kind of people they actually were, there are some deep questions that could be addressed, and it doesn't seem they were really addressed at all.

 

But that's all beside the point as far as this film goes.  It apparently isn't bad enough for us.  We have other films to poke, slap around and punch. . . .

 

 

While the film is mostly unfunny, the scene with the Jersey Shore douches are kinda funny. Mainly because I enjoyed seeing them getting beaten. In addition, the three leads give semi-inspired performances. Sure, they annoyed me, but at least they're trying, which is more than I can say for the rest of the cast. Also, at the very end, Kate Upton wears a bikini. That may seem shallow, but you gotta appreciate the small things.

 

Most of the actors seem to only be here for a paycheck. Jane Lynch shows up for a paycheck and only a paycheck. That being said, she does the best with her work. Which is more than can be said of Larry David as Sister Mary-Mengele. That's right, like Josef Mengele. Fun fact: the original Stooges were Ashkenazi Jews. That's not only creepy joke in the movie.

 

At one point, we see a lion's nads. Yes, really. It's not as bad as the cricket rape from Mirror Mirror, but stuff like that doesn't belong in a PG-rated movie. There's one spectacularily gross scene involving babies. They use them as water guns, and I don't want to get into too many details about it. But, the worst part of the movie was Sofia Vergara. Sure, she's hot as Hell, but her performance is crappy.

 

That being said, the only Razzie nod, I can see this getting is Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel. Grade: C-

 

Next-up: Gulliver's Travels '10!

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