Three Stooges- Back from the Dead!

Rating: 5/10 (13 February 2010)

Although I didn't actually see Moe, Larry or Curly, they must have been there- this was easily the best Three Stooges movie of the last 30 years! All the slapstick was enhanced by some of the finest visual effects of the early 20th century. This is work that might have inspired Ray Harryhausen (it certainly couldn't have been inspired BY his work). Everything combined to suspend disbelief most effectively, transporting the viewer back in time by presenting a movie that seems like it might actually have been made using 14th-century technology.
Seriously- I don't think this is the work that won Raimi the job of directing Spider-Man, but he and Campbell seem to have been having a great time. If you keep that in mind, this flick can be a decent bit of fun.