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Stuck on You
- Review Date: May 2, 2004
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2003
Common Sense Media says
Sweet, slapstick and crude humor.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has material that would certainly have received an R rating if it hadn't been in a comedy. Characters use very strong language (several "s--t"s), and there are very explicit sexual references and (off-camera) situations, including pornography and a description of masturbation. Characters drink and smoke, and one gets drunk. There's comic peril and fighting. Although a theme of the movie is tolerance, the word "fag" is used as an affectionate insult to someone who is not gay.
What's the story?
STUCK ON YOU centers on Bob (Matt Damon) and Walt (Greg Kinner) Tenor, conjoined twins who own a small restaurant on Martha's Vineyard. Bob is the shy one who is carrying on an email romance with a girl in California. Walt is the outgoing ladies' man who wants to be an actor. Following a triumph in his production of "Tru," the one-man show about Truman Capote, he tells Bob he wants to go to Los Angeles to try to make it as an actor. Soon they are installed in the Rising Star apartments and Walt is meeting with agents and going on auditions. They run into a couple of celebrities, including Cher and Meryl Streep. Cher decides that the best thing she can do to get out of a contract to star in an idiotic television series about a lawyer/investigator team called "Honey and the Beeze," is to exercise her right to select her leading man by insisting on Walt. Meanwhile, Bob has finally met his email-pal in person, but has kept the special nature of his relationship with Walt a secret.
Is it any good?
The Farrelly brothers shifted the mix a bit with this movie. There is still plenty of outrageous physical humor, but with more sweetness than slapstick. And they've even added a new element -- subtlety. Okay, someone's head slams into a post before the credit sequence is over. And many of the jokes come from the challenges of the main characters' physical condition. But some of the funniest moments come from off in the corners of the frame including sly, even understated, satire about show business.
Damon and Kinnear give full-scale performances and make their characters both hilarious and touching. The way the brothers support each other physically and emotionally is a delight. Eva Mendes is adorable as the starlet whose reaction to finding them joined at the abdomen is to ask where they had it done. Whatever "work" Cher has had done has removed some of the expression from her face, but she is game and seems to enjoy spoofing her diva image. Streep is just a hoot, especially in her last scene. Be sure to watch through the end credits for a moving speech by one of the disabled actors who appears in the movie, describing what the experience has meant to him.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about why this story might have special appeal to a team of film-makers who are brothers. What are the ways that Walt and Bob support each other?
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Hilarious and sweet
The Farrelly Brothers are one of the few filmmakers who give actual characters to mentally and physically challenged people. For example, the Farellys' friend, Rocket, has a role at the twins' burger joint. He's involved in a lot of jokes, where his character is involved, but the character, not his mental handicap comes to the forefront. This movie, Shallow Hal, and There's Something About Mary are all funny because we care about the characters. Real characters make real jokes. While outrageously funny, this film can be very touching. The acting is pitch perfect, especially Damon and Kinnear. This is a movie I could reccomend to anyone. Bad Santa is for the select filmgoer, but Stuck on You transcends all barriers.
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One of my favorite movies!
Really funny! Kind of sweet too. Some inapropriate parts though. S i think ages 11 and up but it depends on your kids. My 10 year old brother saw it.
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suprisingly sweet
This movie was ok. I thought it was going to be pretty stupid but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was. I'd give it two and a half stars. It wasn't that funny but it was cute and sweet.
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| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Directors: | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly |
| Cast: | Eva Mendes, Greg Kinnear, Matt Damon |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 100 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | December 12, 2003 |
| DVD release date: | April 27, 2004 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | crude and sexual humor, and some language |
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