Review of The Three Stooges (2012) by Kyle J — 18 Nov 2012

It has been fun reading the "professional" critics try and conjure up eloquent paragraphs describing what is nothing more than a slapstick, bare bones comedy. There was never any more depth to the original Three Stooges than what is present in this recreation or tribute or whatever it is.

The story is cornball, which is what the Three Stooges always were in the first place. This movie still brings the cornball, but what makes this work is that the Stooges have been brought forward into current times but they're behavior has been stunted by their time at an orphanage. The way that other people interact with them is basically the same as it was in the original shorts. Modern culture looks at the them as freaks, which is the same way they did in the old black and white Stooges features. It really worked for me because I got the Stooges physical violence carried forward into the politically correct current day, and it's still funny.

But the most amazing thing is how well the actors (Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, Will Sasso) recreate the original Curly, Moe and Larry. Their performances are nearly perfect and the gags are spot-on.