The Three Stooges

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The Three Stooges

PG

2012

1h 32m

Comedy

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Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry (Sean Hayes), Curly (Will Sasso) and Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos). When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.

Critics Consensus

While nowhere near as painful as it could have been, The Three Stooges fails to add fresh laughs to the Stooges' inestimable cinematic legacy.

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J. Hoberman

Tablet

08/16/2017

The brutish schtick got old a long time ago.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

08/24/2012

3/5

The architects behind There's Something About Mary and Kingpin make merry with the poking and thumping, but are ultimately far too fond of their comic heroes to make them or us truly squirm.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

08/24/2012

3/5

This could have been a truly awful summation of the work of such minor legends but it works surprisingly well.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/25/2022

2/5

Even with their tremendous efforts, this still felt like a really good Elvis impersonator. They look like Elvis. They sound like Elvis. They shake like Elvis. But they aren’t Elvis.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

12/02/2020

4/10

If this weren't a movie, the three stars would certainly make a striking Vegas show.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/26/2020

3.0/4.0

Should you see it? Why soitenly!

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Jeff P

@hfuhruhurr Jan 7

Sometimes you just want to sit back and enjoy some near-mindless, ridiculous fun. That's what this movie is: wonderful, mindless fun. The Farrelly brothers and the screen writers weren't trying to make a best picture nominated masterpiece. They were trying to make a brilliant, but low-brow, physical comedy that would make us giggle and laugh out loud. Mission accomplished! This is exactly what the original three stooges shorts and movies were; wonderful, silly and cringe-worthy farces that expect you to leave some of your disbelief at the door so you can relax and some innocent and not-so-innocent laughs. The physicality, production and pacing of this movie are perfect for what it is. I can enjoy this movie once a year and -always- laugh when I see it.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Nov 4

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Arlen B

@Arlen170 Oct 3

Yes the story was stupid. But the physical comedy was spot on. I enjoyed it

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Garrett P.

@GarrettPog Jul 16

It’s not offensive by any means, but all the style clashes kept throwing me off…and I didn’t laugh a whole lot.

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R L.

@RL2025 Jun 28

This could have been so much better. Maybe it needs another shot with a better story.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 05/26/2025

The short films are funnier.

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Synopsis

Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, three newborn knuckleheads grow up to be finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking janitors named Larry (Sean Hayes), Curly (Will Sasso) and Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos). When they learn that financial problems will soon force the only home they've ever known to close, the trio sets out to raise $830,000 in one month. Out in the world for the very first time, the three innocent bumblers become embroiled in a murder plot and find stardom on a TV reality show.

Director: Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly
Producer: Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, Charles B. Wessler
Screenwriter: Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly, Mike Cerrone
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Conundrum Entertainment, Charles B. Wessler Entertainment
Rating: PG (Slapstick Action Violence|Language|Some Rude/Suggestive Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $44.3M
Runtime: 1h 32m