Stuck on You is the perfect comedy, with two of the best actors going around. It is light comedy, through its character moments and is full of heart.It is the case where if you don't invest in the characters, you can't possibly find it funny. The film is endearing while also putting you in stitches. The best example of that, is when May comes to see Bob and he and Walt hop in the car and proceed to keep up the facade of not revealing that they are conjoined and Bob's reluctance to advance the situation, while Walt tries to help him along. Wen Yann Shih gives a truly special performance embodying Bob's dream girl and is quite alluring in a sweet lovable way, Cher is good also. I'm not much for comedies, but this is my jam. The reason this film is poorly regarded by the masses, I don't know. They can watch a comic book film or "Star Wars" and accept that world and the characters in it, yet can't accept conjoined twins and their lives playing out in a humorous and stretched manner. Maybe they were just expecting some crude jokey movie and didn't want to care. All I know is I love it and that'll do fine and the "Summertime" song at the end is killer and is better than the original.

You'll look at the poster and feel like you can knit the whole film in your mind, the sort of humor, the kind of scenes, the mainstream atmosphere... well, this is a bit better than what you'd imagine. The Farellys have produced some memorable comedies and won't produce total garbage either. The story and moral are good enough to hold up the whole way without feeling as empty as this type of comedy usually feels, it's not as predictable as you'd imagine and overall it's just a fun ride.The criticism for this is it could've been funnier. A bit like Shallow Hal, you'd like the Farellys to really give you that typical crude humor in abundant quantity but the brothers focused just as much on story here and forgot a tad bit about the gags. The other thing is it's long, and perhaps some of the time spent in one area could've been spent elsewhere to give this a bit more balance: either more gags, or more time developing the relationship between the two inseparable protagonists...6.5/10.

I have to say I approached watching Stuck On You with a bit of trepidation as I was wondering about how a pair of conjoined twin brothers would be a source for humor. It wasn't exactly a laugh riot, but it did have some humorous moments. In the small self contained community of Martha's Vineyard conjoined twins Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear have passed beyond the freak stage and are just part of the scenery, local celebrities in fact. They own a popular hash house. But Kinnear wants more than that, he wants to be an actor and does do local theater packing Damon around as it were.I won't go into how they get to Hollywood, that's half the humor this film has. But noted superstar Cher who is working an agenda of her own helps Kinnear along and he gets to be her co-star in a television series. And the conjoined twins become celebrities of sorts themselves. How does TV explain Damon's presence. Well that's the magic of special effects.But Damon longs for the hash house, he's a small town guy not at home in glitzy Hollywood.Why the guys never had the operation way back when is not explained. The most logical reason probably is they have no insurance coverage. That would be something that the American movie-going public could readily understand and embrace.Any reason to see Cher is to be taken and who could possibly play Cher other than Cher herself. Another performance to note is that of Seymour Cassel who plays super agent for Kinnear. No agent has ever had a client like Greg, but that's something that Cassel looks at as a challenge.Stuck On You is a mildly amusing comedy that should be pleasing to fans of the leads. But I would watch it for Cher and Seymour Cassel.

There's a recurring pattern with Farrelly Brothers films that I've noticed over the past few years. The ones that get the most recognition, like Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, are decent, fairly-capable comedies, but after a second viewing they don't truly hold up. The more subtle films that waltz on by, boasting a strange but viable screen presence, like this and Fever Pitch, are the ones that are truly the most enjoyable.Stuck on You is a weird film, but one with humor and a soul. The story focuses on Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinnear), a pair of conjoined twins who are stuck together at the hip. Bob is one of low ambitions. He is comfortable with the idea of staying at his personal burger joint, working orderly with his brother. Walt dreams big. He wants to become an actor, but feels that Bob is his unintentional albatross when trying to get work.The problem is whenever one has an idea, regardless if they like it or not, they are going with the other. They could get separated, but there's only a fifty-fifty chance that Walt would survive because of the majority of their liver being on Bob's side. Walt decides that after being a long-suffering actor in Massachusetts he should try his luck in Hollywood, and Bob reluctantly agrees to follow him.After a string of failed gigs, Walt becomes acquired by Cher, and this leads to his success on a network drama, at the same time trying to hide the fact that he is a conjoined twin to his audience.Stuck on You is a rare comedy, and it reminds me a lot of Adam Sandler's surprisingly good 50 First Dates. That was a film that balanced comedy and seriousness perfectly, occasionally becoming very sad and sullen. This film is the same way. Yes, it likes to make a few off-color jokes about two people being conjoined for life, but it has a side of humanity to it, one rarely explored. It isn't all fun and games, and it isn't all tightly wound shlock.Damon and Kinnear work and play well off of each other, and the cameos are always fun to watch as well. The wonderful Meryl Streep is nicely placed here, in a scene that is delightfully witty and incredibly unexpected. Even the good ol' Frankie Muniz shows up in one great scene as well.Rarely is a subject taken with such a human approach, and Stuck on You succeeds because it doesn't try to hard. It's premise is mildly poignant, a tad goofy, but it shockingly works. This is the last film I was expecting to recommend, but honestly, I've seen films with potential quickly fall down, and films with utterly none soar past expectations. Stuck on You struck a point of indecisiveness with me upon approaching it. Glad I just ran with it.Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Wen Yann Shih, and Pat Crawford Brown. Directed by: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly.