The Three Stooges
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Plot synopsis:
The film is broken up into three shorts a la the original Stooges shorts, but they each form one movie.Episode One - More Orphan Than NotIt begins at the Sisters of Mercy Orphanage where the children are playing happily until cranky Sister Mary-Mengele (Larry David) tells them to go inside. The children begin to do a song as to why they should keep playing, but the nun cuts them off and tells them to go inside. That's when a car drives up by the orphanage and tosses a gym bag on their front steps. As Sister Mary-Mengele opens it up, two fingers poke her in the eyes, sending her falling off the steps. Another nun comes out and calls for Mother Superior (Jane Lynch) and the other nuns. They see baby Moe, Larry, and Curly, all with their trademark hairstyles. They immediately adore all of them, agreeing to split their time with the boys.Cut to ten years later where the nuns are now terrified of being with the boys. The boys are attempting to remove a tooth out of Sister Mary-Mengele's mouth until they are told that a wealthy couple is coming, so they go to prepare. The nuns plan to keep the other orphans out so that the couple will take the boys out of the orphanage once and for all.The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Harter (Stephen Collins and Carly Craig), watch Moe, Larry, and Curly do a little performance to get their attention until a smaller and more adorable boy named Teddy comes in. As the couple makes their final decision, they land on Moe and adopt him. As he is leaving, he says goodbye to Larry and Curly, taking something to remember them by. So he rips off a chunk of Larry's hair, and, since Curly has no hair to rip off. Moe plucks out some of his nose hairs.As he leaves, Moe already starts to miss his friends. When the Harters tell him that it's his birthday, and he can ask for anything, he asks that they go back for Larry and Curly. They go back, but end up leaving Moe and taking Teddy. When asked why he got sent back, Moe says he couldn't deal with the couple after their supposed talk of chores and cleaning their pool.Cut to 25 years later, where the trio are now grown up and supposedly doing work, but are really slacking off until Sister Mary-Mengele wakes them up.Meanwhile, an orphan named Peez visits his sick friend Murph, who laments the thought of being put into foster care like Peez's brother Weezer, since they'd be paid to care for the kids. They feel they'd be better off staying at the orphanage living like the Stooges.The nuns are visited by a priest named Ratliffe, who informs the nuns of their debt. Sister Mary-Mengele blames the trio for this, and she goes to tell them about this situation. She finds them trying to fix a bell on the roof of their little "wirkshop", but they end up causing more damage by removing the bell from its place, and it falls on the cranky nun (Larry read "Do Not Remove" as "Donut Remover" on the bell tag). They try to help her but only continue falling on her or knocking her out.They come across the nuns and are informed of the debt, and the trio vows to get the money within the 30 days before the place is shut down. They prepare to go out into the real world while two young nuns, Sister Rosemary and Sister Bernice (Jennifer Hudson and Kate Upton), worry how the trio will fare in the real world, but Mother Superior tells them this moment would've come soon enough. The trio prepare to ride off on a bike made for three as they hook their rope to a truck, but Curly tied the hook to the back wheel and they're all dragged off down the road.Episode Two - The Bananas SplitThe trio look for work by advertising that they need $830,000. They are noticed by Lydia and Mac (Sofia Vergara and Craig Bierko). The former plots to have her husband killed off so she can have his money, and they see the Stooges in action, thinking they've found the men for the job. She approaches them and informs them of the job, and Mac comes out claiming to be the husband by saying he has a condition that he wishes to no longer suffer from, so he asks the trio to smother him in his sleep at night, as a surprise. Instead, Curly tricks Mac into looking away as he pushes him in front of a bus, which hits Mac and sends him flying, getting tossed by a street sweeper (I think that's what they're called), jumped on by a girl with a pogo stick, and finally shot in the leg with an arrow that Larry launched five minutes earlier. Furious, Lydia leaves as the Stooges try and follow, learning that Mac survived all of that, but she kicks them out (literally) before they can offer their services again.They go to the hospital where Mac is, trying to finish the job. They disguise themselves as a doctor and nurses and look for Mac. They end up in a nursery where they try to change diapers but keep getting peed on. They run and find Mac in a full body cast. They try to get him with dynamite, but he survives that too. The trio escape the cops and jump off the roof of the hospital by grabbing a fire hose, which breaks off, and they land on a man. The man recognizes the trio, revealing himself to be Teddy, the orphan adopted instead of Moe. He says he works with Mr. Harter and that his mother died in a hunting accident. He invites the trio to stay with him, but Moe declines. Teddy still invites them to his anniversary party and takes a pic of them. Larry and Curly get mad at Moe, thinking Teddy could've helped them with the money, but Moe says they'll use some money that Mother Superior gave them to start up a farming business. At home, Teddy shows his wife, revealed to be Lydia, a picture of the Stooges, and she recognizes them, saying he should definitely invite them to the anniversary party.What the trio really does is try raising fish on a golf course and watering them like produce. They are chased by the cops again and stumble into a building. Larry and Curly argue with Moe about his actions, and eye-poking, stomach-thumping, and head-bopping ensues. Larry and Curly leave Moe alone, and an audience is revealed, applauding Moe for his "skit." The executive (Isaiah Mustafa) offers Moe a spot on the #1 rated reality show.Final Episode - No Moe Mister Nice GuyLarry and Curly are still looking for money, but they have no luck. They decide to go to the zoo, where Curly catches fish from the polar bear tank. The duo are spotted by Lydia and Mac, who plan on shooting them. She tries helping him climb into the zoo, but he falls into a lion cage. However, the lion is chained, and Mac stupidly taunts him and smacks him.The duo try giving a dolphin a peanut, but it gets stuck in his blowhole, so as they try to get it out, Curly launches it out of the hole, and it ricochets to the lion's cage, hitting him in the groin and giving him the fury to break the chain and attack Mac.Meanwhile, Teddy watches Moe on "Jersey Shore" where he is nicknamed Dyna-Moe. The cast (Snooki, Ronnie, Sammi, JWoww, and The Situation) mock Moe, who uses his eye-poking and head-bopping on them.The duo goes to find Mr. Harter to ask him for money, but he can't give it to them unless they want to sue the orphanage (or anybody else). That's when they learn how Moe wouldn't go with the couple unless Larry and Curly went with them, and they realize how much Moe cared. The duo suddenly see a picture of Lydia, Teddy, and Mac, and learn from the secretary that Teddy is the husband they were going to kill.Larry and Curly go to the orphanage, which is practically empty. They find Murph who is really sick and can't go to a hospital because they have no medical insurance thanks to the antics of the Stooges. That's when they see Moe on "Jersey Shore" continuing to inflict pain upon the cast, like eye-poking Snooki and putting Ronnie's head in a microwave.The Jersey Shore cast complain to the producers and executive about Moe and learn that they're only still up because of ratings. Larry and Curly bust in, catching the eye of the executive, and getting Moe to come back with them to stop the murder plot.They go to the anniversary party and continue wreaking havoc by causing a little girl to float away on balloons, dirtying up the food and beverages, and playing with lobster. They are spotted by Lydia and Mac, who try and catch them. They try warning Teddy, who is groggy and still in pajamas, but Mac and Lydia come in and pull a gun on them. However, Mr. Harter comes in and appears to stop this, until he also pulls a gun on them, revealing him to be the mastermind of the scheme. He and Lydia take Teddy, Mac, and the Stooges with them to finish the job.As they are driving, Harter reveals that since his wife left the money to Teddy, he would need to die for him to get it. Curly starts laughing as he is tickled by his pet rat that he's been carrying through the entire film. It freaks out everyone, and they drive into a lake. They seem trapped until Moe lights a waterproof match as Curly passes gas, sending them back to the surface.Lydia, Mac, and Harter are arrested, and Teddy asks the trio what he can do for them. When they ask for the money to save the orphanage, he refuses since the nuns sold him to a man who tried to kill him.The trio goes back to the now-condemned orphanage, defeated. Suddenly, they hear laughter and splashing coming from out back. Walking around the building, they discover the orphans and nuns playing and relaxing by a large swimming pool, as it is now an orphanage and spa (with Sister Bernice as the pool lifeguard and wearing a very revealing one-piece swimsuit). The nuns and orphans welcome the trio back as heroes. They're confused, thinking they failed to get the money, but it turns out the money that Moe made from "Jersey Shore" was enough to pay them back. The executive comes out and offers the trio a spot on their new show "Nuns vs. Nitwits", which they happily agree to. Suddenly, Murph comes out looking good as new, saying she just had metal poisoning (Larry had said earlier there was too much iron in the water). That's when Teddy and his new fiancée, Ling the secretary, come to adopt Murph, but she won't go without Peez, so Teddy says they'll adopt both of them, along with Peez's brother Weezer, who they sprung from foster care. The trio feels proud of themselves for having everything go right, until Curly leans on a raised diving board, knocking Sister Mary-Mengele into the pool. They all run away, bouncing off trampolines and onto horses, riding into the sunset.The film concludes with two muscular guys playing the Farrelly Brothers explaining the stunts and props in the film were done with rubber materials, and demonstrating their uses, as well as how they Stooges eye-poke without hurting anyone. They advise children not to try this at home.

Review: If you still watch the old Three Stooges Shorts from way back when and appreciate their humor, there's no reason you won't love this movie.
In these guys (Hayes, Sasso & Diamondapoulos), I've never seen anyone come nearly as close to the original Larry Curly & Moe. And that includes the three actors who portrayed the boys in the 2000 TV-movie bio-pic.
One scene had me laughing so hard that tears came to my eyes.So, if you are a Three Stooges fan, this is a must see movie.P.S. Be sure to sit through the credits.
When we get to see the Moe, Larry and Curly that we all know and love, it feels like running into a couple of old friends that we haven't seen in awhile.
There's a few questionable scenes here or there that don't quite feel like they fit in the film, but somehow we get the impression that if the Stooges could have gotten away with it back then they would have done the exact same thing.The eye pokes, slaps and head bonks are all the same as you remember.
You know, when I read that Peter and Bobby Farrelly were going to make a movie starring actors impersonating The Three Stooges, I was a little skeptical especially when the announced stars were people like Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro.
All the bad puns, the childish humour, the slapping, the hitting, science being thrown to the wind, it was all there.The story is as follows; Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe have to come up with a substantial amount of money ($830,000 to be exact) to save the orphanage that raised them up as kids.
so possibly the writer took the idea from there.With stars like Will sasso (who is quite famous for his MadTV skits as Kenny Rogers) Sofia Vergara (who is the modern day queen of cleavage) Jennifer Hudson, with a singing voice that can melt stone, and the Crew from Jersey Shore, this really is a family flick that the whole family will enjoy.Folks, go see this movie, you will not be disappointed..
And, I'm sorry, but, the overlong scene of the pissing babies (though it was funny at first, but was carried on for far too long) didn't compensate for the thrill of seeing someone get a pie right in the kisser.5th fatal mistake - Having to endure a shirtless Peter Farrelly (writer/ director) at the end of the film, flexing and posing in the name of total conceitedness, while at the same time telling the viewer about the hazards of imitating the eye-pokes, face-slaps, etc., etc.
He just wanted a chance to display (hubba-hubba!) his over-developed pecs to us.6th fatal mistake - Not only did I find that there was no chemistry between the actors who played The Three Stooges, but, Moe didn't command and none of them understood anything about comic-timing (an essentially important element in any slapstick comedy situation).And, finally - 7th fatal mistake (phew!) - In regards to this picture in general - They say that imitation is one of the highest forms of flattery.
This movie has lame over done jokes, poorly delivered clearly set up puns, extremely violent "slapstick comedy" sometimes with chainsaws and knives to the head, a ton of animal cruelty, bathroom humor like fart jokes, genital jokes, and babies peeing into people's faces, mean-spirited jokes, cringe inducing child actors including the three stooges as kids, an abundance of clichés, random out of nowhere drama, and over the top hyperactive stooges that are so crazy they become totally different from the originals....Oh and Jersey Shore....
Moe, Larry and Curly; along with Shemp even though he wasn't in the movie, WERE NOT special needs nor idiotic freaks that were a menace to society, yet a group of people with the gift of laughter to bring people joy by their amazing ability and gift to make people laugh, and this movie that has just been filmed and released to theaters deserves to be taken from all theaters around the world collected together and either locked away for eternity or destroyed leaving no evidence of its existence and all digital copies deleted/destroyed/terminated so that years and years from now in the future the world may begin to forget about this horrible film..
Wanted to have an enjoyable Friday night with this, what a mistake, thought that they at least had paid some tribute to the original, but they didn't, was so disappointed and I'm REALLY glad I didn't pay for this movie as it was shown on my sat-TV.I will never recommend this movie to anyone, it's not even remotely funny.If they had in some ways incorporated the spirit from the originals I would have laughed all the way, as I did as a kid watching the B/W series in TV.In short, do not in any way spend your hard earned cash on this, it was one movie that never should have been funded..
It had plenty of original material, as well as many gags that I (and I'm sure other inveterate stooges fans) could recognize from the old movies.I was very happy with Moe and Curly's portrayals; Larry, less so, unfortunately.
The work that went into making you feel you were watching the boys cast into modern times was exceptional, and kudos to the three actors who were cast in the role of our favorite knuckleheads--they embodied the Stooges better than I felt could have been done.A warning though--if you don't like slapstick; Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, and the like, you won't like this movie.
(Although interestingly, I attended the show with someone who isn't much into slapstick, who laughed nearly as much as the rest of the audience.And as for purists, Curly is taller than the rest of the Stooges, Moe is thinner than the original, and we don't get to hear Larry do some of his fancy violin work.If you're a parent that thinks that it will be too violent for your children, consider this: if your children understand that the antics seen in cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Droopy, and such are just pretend, simply explain to them that this is a cartoon where the ones on the screen are humans, and that everything is pretend and no one really does the slapstick stunts in real life.
In fact, the disclaimer at the end says it better than I can--add rubberized objects and sound effects (which really make the stunts come off so well) and they will realize that all is pretend and will love it.I and Stoogedom owe the sound effects people, stunt men and women, the actors, and especially the brothers who put this movie together, a warm debt of gratitude.P.S. Thanks to the aforementioned for not even considering adding a "Besser" to the film, but please make another--whatever negative reviews you get are from ones who, well, just don't get it..
Just as the mere presence of Jane Lynch as the head nun doesn't mean anything funny is going on.Like I've mentioned, the Farrelly brothers really did try to make this a different movie from time to time.
I know nostalgia is supposed to be a bad thing, but surely the presence of "Stooges as heroes" should stop a movie from looking like BEVERLY HILLS COP or so many other movies like it!As a big Stooges fan, I did like some of the re-creations of the old shorts, and there were a few hard-earned laughs along the way.
The Farrelly brothers Bobby and Peter finally, after a string of comedies from Dumb and Dumber to Hall Pass, have a crack at one of the holy grails of American comedy The Three Stooges, given the remake fever going around, and yes, this is probably the only way that The Three Stooges film would be made, with slapstick humour and plenty of extreme physical comedy that the trio is known for.
Like one of the lines in the movie, this film is really dim of wit, but captures so effortlessly the classical moments that define the Stooges' legacy.There's really little story here, which revolved around the Stooges - Larry (Sean Hayes), Curly (Will Sasso) and Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos) - being brought up at an orphanage run by nuns - Jane Lynch as Mother Superior, Larry David as Sister Mary-Mengele (yes you read that right, as comic fodder of course), and an unbelievably slim Jennifer Hudson as Sister Rosemary - only for the Stooges' dangerous shenanigans to be bleeding the orphanage, forcing it to close in about 30 days time.
So the trio sets off into the real world to try and make some money, encountering the evil Lydia (Sofia Vergara) who's hatching a plan to bump off her rich husband.That's the gist of the storyline, together with the theme about family and togetherness that surprisingly worked very well, dealing with Moe's botched attempt at getting adopted at age 10, which was funny as hell, yet moving at the same time.
Nothing is sacred, and with the Farrelly's input, the usual toilet humour get their air time as well.But seriously (erm...), nothing works better than Moe, Larry and Curly going up against one another in Looney Tunes style, complete with rubberized equipment and sound effects - The Farrelly's even got to warn everyone not to follow their antics, for fear that we get caught up in comedic euphoria and start mimicking what we see on screen.
And kudos too to the actors in being just like the Stooges I remembered, voicing their roles, engaging in physical, slapstick comedy and probably earning a new generation of fans while at it too.It's not without some flaws, such as the very obvious use of dummies for the more extreme stunts, but I suppose that's all part of the charm in finally making this film a reality, where at one point in time was stuck in development hell with some big names attached to star.
They just need to try again...after asking Stooge fans what they didn't like about the movie..
There were gags in the film straight out of the original shorts (i.e. obvious dummies falling then the scene cuts to real people, fast motion shots, etc.).Yeah, the whole Jersey Shore thing was out of place, but mercifully it was only about 5-10 minutes of the movie.
I haven't seen a reaction like that in a long time.I would most definitely recommend this movie to any Stooges fan, or any fan of comedy for that matter.
The Farrelly brothers, who wrote & directed the film, don't modernize the characters much as to not cheapen the original, but unfortunately slapstick comedy doesn't usually make a very good movie – in my opinion.
There are some funny bits with only a couple scenes going overboard – especially the baby peeing western spray-out and only one boob joke – so for the most part the movie can be enjoyed by kids who like this kind of humor.
When he first appears on screen, you may find yourself saying, "Is Jack from 'Will & Grace' going to a Halloween party?" However, Hayes also goes for gold as Larry, and fortunately nails the role as much as he gets nailed in the eyes.Getting hit in the head may look easy when you're watching it, but it's just like spoken word comedy: the timing better be right.
In almost every case, the slaps to the face or hits with a hammer are funny, and the Farrelly Brothers never forget the element of surprise in many of the gags.The plot is far from original, and unquestionably borrowed from other movies.
Plus, it is amazing how bad the cast of "Jersey Shore" acts even when playing themselves!The reason "The Three Stooges" legacy continues to live on long after the deaths of the original seven (yes seven) actors is because the movies weren't dated.
"Jersey Shore", on the other hand, will be yesterday's news at least three years from now.When sticking with the injurious gags that kept us laughing for decades, "The Three Stooges" succeeds in being funny, and can fortunately not be considered the monumentally bad idea many die-hard fans predicted it would be.
That being said, the actors really pulled this one off and they are nearly similar to their real-life counterparts.The Farrelly Brother's adaptation of the classic show tells us the tale of Moe, Larry, and Curly from their younger days in the orphanage to the present day where they have to save their old orphanage from foreclosure.The acting is pretty good.
The Three Stooges is a wonderful movie that will make you laugh hard i never saw anything this funny before i really just think that you will enjoy this big hit i hope you think The Three Stooges is good as much as i do because i think it is one of the best movies ever made it is a really funny family film if you are looking for a perfect family film than this is the movie for you than i love this movie a lot i think that you will enjoy this classic show remade into a big hit for all ages this is what i call a hoot it was really really funny this is a movie to watch this movie is wonderful magical kind of stupid but only 1 percent stupid it is OK for the kids of all ages i hope you enjoy this work of art that is a masterpiece.
During the transportation of the Stooges from the 1930's to the 2000's, it seems the humor, the wit, and the constructed simplicity have all been traded in for juvenile, tired sketches from recycled comedy bins.The story involves the Stooges, all nicely cast with Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe, Sean Hayes as Larry, and Will Sasso as Curly so the presence of big name actors isn't off-putting, desperately trying to save their childhood orphanage from being closed.
This was one of the funniest comedies I have seen in literally years,funny if you are 5 or 85 and all points in between, a lovingly crafted homage that really does justice to the legacy of the Three Stooges, at times I REALLY felt like I was watching the real Three Stooges somehow miraculously back from the grave and making films in 2012, the three actors really nailed their parts and delivered the goods,they were fully committed and you could tell they were taking their roles seriously to really respect the legends they were portraying.
AN excellent tribute to THE influence on the Farrelly Brotherss this latest in a long, long line of movies from them shows that....once...once....once....ONCE and for ALL...the Three Stooges, Larry, Moe, and...not Joe Besser..NOT Shemp...but Curly...NOT De Rita bu HOWARD...CAN indeed with new actors and ...EVEN survive in a moder n "Jersey Shoresituation..This has an orphanage setup with Jane Lynch and Jennifer Hudson and some others playing Catholic nuns, and some very important kid characters.
Unlike many movies that show the best clips for the commercials, yet lack any other funny parts for the rest of the film, this movie had MANY laugh out loud scenes, just like the original shorts.
All the actors in the movie did a fantastic job, really spot-on especially Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe (my favorite Stooge), so I was really happy he got him just right.
Maybe, she is just funny on Modern Family because of the rest of the cast, I hope not, but this movie was a mistake for her career.The good part of this film is Larry David as a nun.
Set as an adaptation of the original slapstick comedy TV series of the same name from the 30s, "The Three Stooges" talks about Larry, Curly, and Moe, who go off in shenanigans, act like idiots, slap each other around, poke each other in the eye, and all that stuff!
But they calmed down and instead cast actors like Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, and Chris Diamantopoulos who did fine in acting exactly like Larry, Curly, and Moe, respectively, when portraying the legendary comics.
But they calmed down and instead cast actors like Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, and Chris Diamantopoulos who did fine in acting exactly like Larry, Curly, and Moe, respectively, when portraying the legendary comics.
If you are a fan of the original Three Stooges shorts and are open minded you will enjoy this movie.
The three leads get into the roles with gusto although the plot is silly and sporadically funny.Kids would actually enjoy this and the film is broken down in three parts so it plays like three shorts of the Three Stooges.However it does not have the freshness and zaniness of Dumb and Dumber..
Three Unwise Men. By the time this film came out, I had not watched an original Three Stooges short in about 18 years.
The best thing about The Farrelly Brothers' movie of the Three Stooges is that the impersonations from Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, and Chris Diamantopoulos are bang on; sometimes literally with a bang.
It almost makes me wonder if the film would have been better set back in the 1930's, but that would've certainly doubled the budget.It's a funny kids movie, that's the best I'll say for The Three Stooges.
The three actors playing the The Stooges in this movie are better than the originals.
This movie is not a perfect one, but a truly and carefully crafted homage.OK, the Jersey Shore section of the movie really bothered me, but even that part of the script was used in a good way.Don't expect new things, expect to feel like you're 6 years old again, and a smile will be almost all the movie with you.PD: this is a recreation of the shorts, for a really good movie about the life and suffering of the real stooges, watch the film made for TV, you won be disappointed..
being seen by fans for almost 80 years.after all that in 2012 they decide to do movie with actors playing the parts of Moe, Larry and Curly.