The Three Stooges

Just Say Moe.

The Farrelly brothers have tried to bring their take on their childhood favourites, The Three Stooges, to the screen for a long time and finally managed to pull it off. The film pays homage to the original stars, in an all-new story. We first meet the trio as children, when they arrive at an orphanage. Years later, now adults, they still remain unadopted (surprisingly!?). When the orphanage faces a cash crisis, they decide to help, and get hired by a woman to knock off her husband. Naturally things don't go quite according to plan...

92 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

It's just a tweak to the left...

Credits

Cast	Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jane Lynch, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Hudson
Director	Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Screenplay	Mike Cerrone, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Music	John Debney
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing	Sam Seig
Sound formats	Dolby, Datasat
Made in	2012
Produced by	Wessler Entertainment, C3 Entertainment Inc., Conundrum Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for slapstick action violence, some rude and suggestive humor including language
Runtime	92
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Nuwe baadjie vir 'Three Stooges'.	10
Cape Times Todd McCarthy It's a tribute how quickly one accepts the actors as the characters.	15
Box Office Pete Hammond It may sound sacrilegious, but Peter and Bobby Farrelly have done right by comedy icons The Three Stooges with a film—contemporary in tone, but retro in spirit—that actually feels like something the original Stooges might have made themselves, if they were alive and in their prime circa 2012.	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert I must say one more: I didn't laugh much. I don't think the Stooges are funny, although perhaps I might once have. Some of the sight gags were clever, but meh.	13
Rolling Stone Peter Travers For the Farrellys, The Three Stooges is a labor of love. For non-believers, it's merely a labor.	10
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Trust me, you'd rather be poked in the eyes, slapped or pounded on the head repeatedly rather than sit through this travesty	2
Metacritic.com 26 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 105 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While nowhere near as painful as it could have been, The Three Stooges fails to add fresh laughs to the Stooges' inestimable cinematic legacy.	9
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
Movie Review Intelligence 37 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 4146 Netizens Solid, Silly Fun	11
Average .. 52%	10