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Stuck On You Reviews
Not quite saved by the Belles
I never thought I'd write a review of a movie like this, because I never thought I'd SEE a movie like this. It's pure drivel. And no, it's not even particularly sympathetic to the plight of conjoined twins, because it never takes that part of the story seriously and the twins are no longer conjoined at the end of the movie anyway. What, you thought they lived happily ever after sharing a liver? Two hours with these guys and I was reaching for a knife, to cut my OWN throat. Matt Damon has done bad work before, but Greg Kinnear is usually watchable. But in this film he looks like Jeff Fahey's stunt double from the execrable "Lawnmower Man," a movie that isn't sympathetic to the plight of the mentally challenged. And what are those bags under his eyes all about? Is he suffering for his art? Well fine, because I don't think the viewer should be the only one. The best thing about this film were the cameos by Meryl Streep and Cher, especially Cher. Am I the only one who noticed that "Honey and the Bease" is a parody of "Moonlighting"? Which was itself a parody of the private eye genre, so I take it all back, especially when the Cher character softens. I watched this film because it was the only film offered on a trans-Atlantic flight. What's your excuse?
Promising talent wasted on a BORING film
For a while there, I didn't think that the Farrelly brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary) had the capacity to direct a geniunely bad movie. Their deft blend of gross-out humor, 'dumb' comedy, and outrageous situations always seems to come out looking smart after all, and that takes talent. Well, after the first 15 minutes of Stuck On You, I realized that my hopes were dashed. Their latest effort, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as conjoined twins who go to California where one (Kinnear) can pursue an acting career, is geniunely bad - and not in the Plan 9 From Outer Space sense, either. It's boring, unfunny, and simply painful to watch at certain moments. I never thought I'd say this in all my years on earth, but Stuck left me wishing the movie were grosser, dumber, and more outrageous. The Farrelly brothers have tried to craft something that has heart, but it's played too straight - gone is their astonishing toilet humor and knack for hilarious sight gags. The movie just seems bare and lifeless, and except for an inspired turn by Kinnear during a few scenes on a fictional sitcom and a great cameo by Meryl Streep, it's overlong and underplayed. Exception: the third act picks up some steam and the sun seems to break through the clouds, but it gets old and tired like the rest of the movie and loses its last chance for any redemption. In the end, Stuck On You is regrettable, forgettable, and just plain disappointing. Grade: D+
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