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Stuck On You
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  out of 4
| *Also starring: | Eva Mendes, Cher, Jay Leno, Michael Callan, Seymour Cassel, Mike Cerrone, Mindy Clarke, Dane Cook, Elaine Curtis, Skyler Stone, Adam Shankman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep |
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Review by Steve Rhodes
2 stars out of 4
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With a single good movie (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) to their name, The
Farrelly Brothers are back with STUCK ON YOU, a miserable comedy much like
their many other disappointments (SHALLOW HAL, OSMOSIS JONES and ME, MYSELF &
IRENE). Given how lame most -- albeit, thankfully not quite all -- of this
year's holiday movies have been, STUCK ON YOU should fit right in.
Starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as brothers Bob and Walt, two guys who are
stuck on each other since they are conjoined twins, the movie is a non-stop
series of sight gags and jokes about "freaks." Bob is shy and awkward whereas
Walt is a ladies man and an overconfident actor. Most of the story occurs
after these two short order cooks move from Martha's Vineyard to Hollywood so
that Walt can advance his acting career.
The story's on-going joke is that the brothers try to hide their condition to
others. Even after a few dates with Bob, May (Wen Yann Shih) doesn't realize
that the reason his brother hangs around so much is that they're stuck
together. The two brothers have to pull up their shirts to show her that they
are joined at the waistline.
I didn't laugh once although I did smile a couple times. One smile came from
seeing Cher in bed with an under-aged boy -- perhaps because it was in such bad
taste after the recent Michael Jackson arrest. Another came when Bob and Walt
go skipping off singing, "We're Off To See The Wizard." That was the extent of
my enjoyment of this mediocre movie.
STUCK ON YOU runs 2:00. It is rated PG-13 for "crude and sexual humor, and
some language" and would be acceptable for kids around 12 and up.
Copyright © 2003 Steve Rhodes
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