The Stooges - three solid posts turn off
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| German title | The Stooges - three solid posts turn off |
| Original title | The Three Stooges |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly |
| script | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Mike Cerrone |
| production | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Bradley Thomas , Charles B. Wessler |
| music | John Debney |
| camera | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| cut | Sam Seig |
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The Stooges - Three Vollpfosten turn off (original title: The Three Stooges ) is an American slapstick - comedy from the year 2012 directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly , on the short films of comedy trio The Three Stooges is based.
action
Moe, Curly and Larry were abandoned as babies on the stairs of a Catholic orphanage and grew up under the strict supervision of the Mother Superior. Since nobody wanted to adopt the three, they still live in the orphanage 40 years later. When this is about to go bankrupt, the Stooges decide to raise the required 830,000 dollars to rescue the institution within 30 days, especially since the debts are not least due to the property damage they caused.
In their attempts to raise the money, they meet the millionaire Lydia and her henchman and lover Mac. They offer the Stooges to pay them the required amount if they kill Lydia's husband so that she can inherit his property. The action fails, however, so that the alleged husband Mac ends up in the hospital. When they want to finish the job there, the police chase them through the hospital, but manage to escape. They meet Teddy, whom they already knew as children in the orphanage and who was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Harter. The couple actually wanted to adopt Moe, but Moe refused to leave Larry and Curly behind, which he had never told them. Teddy invites you to his anniversary party. It turns out that Lydia is Teddy's wife. After their next attempt to make the money fails, a dispute breaks out among the Stooges. Larry and Curly decide to leave Moe alone. This gets into the reality show Jersey Shore , in which he appears as Dyna-Moe .
Larry and Curly return to the orphanage where they learn that a girl named Murph is very sick but cannot be taken to a hospital as the orphanage has no health insurance . This is due to the countless accidents that the Stooges have caused over the years. They also learn from Mr. Harter that Moe then insisted that he and Mrs. Harter adopt her too. Larry and Curly discover a picture in Mr. Harter's office in which he and Teddy can be seen with Lydia and Mac. Now they realize that Teddy is the husband Lydia wanted to get rid of. Meanwhile, Moe has wreaked havoc on Jersey Shore . Larry and Curly appear on set and the three make up. Together they make their way to Teddy's party, where they apparently thwart the murder attempt, but discover that Mr. Harter was the real mastermind and had worked with Lydia. He married his wife for the money, but she left all her fortune to Teddy. A subsequent kidnapping attempt ends with the car ending up in the water, but thanks to Curly's flatulence and "waterproof" matches, they can destroy the window panes and escape. Lydia, Mac and Mr. Harter are arrested, and Teddy thanks the Stooges for saving him. After they ask him for the sum to save the orphanage, he declines because he does not want to help the institution that handed him over to a father who almost wanted to kill him.
A few months later, the three of them return to the now abandoned orphanage, but discover that a new one with a swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts has been built next door. They learn that the money for this has come from the producers at Jersey Shore , who are viewing it as an upfront payment for a new reality show that will feature the entire trio. Murph is well again (her illness was due to too much iron in the water, which Larry always suspected but was not heard), and she is adopted by Teddy and his new fiancée Ling, along with her brothers Peezer and Weezer.
background
- The film was shot in Georgia . With a budget of approximately US $ 30 million , it grossed approximately US $ 54.8 million worldwide, approximately US $ 44.3 million of it in cinemas in the United States.
- Caroline Kimberly Scott, who plays a nun at the beginning of the film, is the great-granddaughter of Moe Howard , a member of the original Stooges.
- Originally, the role of Curly was to be played by Jim Carrey , who, however, did not want to wear a fat suit and refused to put on weight due to health risks. Shane Jacobson and Bill Chott were also considered , and Saturday Night Live member Bobby Moynihan auditioned for the role.
- The cast for the role of Larry was originally planned for Sean Penn , but he dropped out of production due to family issues. Also, Jeff Daniels , James Marsden , Woody Harrelson and Matt Besser were considered. Justin Timberlake also auditioned for the role.
- Moe was originally cast by Benicio Del Toro , Russell Crowe turned down the role. Hank Azaria , Johnny Depp and Mel Gibson were also considered for the cast.
- Cher was considered for the role of Sister Superior.
- The script included a cameo for Seth MacFarlane to play himself.
Nominations and Awards
The film was nominated for an ALMA Award in 2012 , a Golden Trailer Award 2012 , the Houston Film Critics Society Award in 2012 and the Razzie Award 2013 nominated.
criticism
Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 51% rating based on 142 reviews. The average rating is 5.4 / 10. The bottom line is, "While the Three Stooges couldn't have been nearly as horrific as the movie, The Three Stooges fails to add fresh laughs to the Stooges' priceless cinematic legacy." On Metacritic , the film scored 56% on 26 reviews.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that the Farrelly brothers made what might be the best possible Stooges film that could be made in 2012. However, he didn't laugh much himself.
Todd McCarthy described the film in the Hollywood Reporter as a "fun, kind hearted revival of Hollywood's beloved level-headed fools."
Cinema was of the opinion that the humor in the 30s and 40s may have "actually been funny", but nowadays it is "just embarrassing", especially since the film relies on "the same recipes as back then". The Stooges is therefore a film for those who can "laugh at high-water trousers and Bud Spencer knocks".
Robert Cherkowski von Filmstarts showed himself to be more open-minded and said that it "had its charm to see the harassed humor of bygone times transported into the politically correct present". The Stooges is "not a film of punchlines, but of wild continuous fire" and has "what it takes to become a cult film".
The lexicon of the international film wrote: "Between anarchic humor, crude rudeness and gags smeared with plenty of body fluids, a highly human attitude towards the characters who defend themselves as battered, tough underdogs against the injustice of a greedy consumer world flashes up again and again."
Web links
- The Stooges - Three Vollpfosten turn off the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Stooges - Three Vollpfosten turn off at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Stooges - Three Vollpfosten turn off at Metacritic (English)
- The Stooges - Drei Vollpfosten turn off in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Stooges - Three solid posts turn off . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2012 (PDF; test number: 133 259 V).
- ↑ locations
- ^ Box Office Mojo
- ↑ a b c d e f Trivia
- ↑ Awards
- ↑ The Stooges - Three solid posts turn off. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on April 25, 2015 (English): "While nowhere near as painful as it could have been, The Three Stooges fails to add fresh laughs to the Stooges' inestimable cinematic legacy."
- ↑ The Stooges - Three solid posts turn off. Metacritic , accessed April 25, 2015 .
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ^ Review by Todd McCarthy
- ↑ The Stooges - Drei Vollpfosten turn on cinema.de
- ↑ The Stooges - Drei Vollpfosten are turning on filmstarts.de
- ↑ The Stooges - Three solid posts turn off. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .