I've never seen the movie aside from the 5 minutes I just saw on TV so I'm not going to criticize or praise. But from what little I just saw(the Stooges falling from a roof and bouncing off of an awning) I couldn't help but think that if the movie had been black & white like the shorts were, maybe it would have more charm.

Unlike the (phony) outrage about the recent all female reboot of "Ghostbusters", this film was embraced by true Three Stooges fans. That goes a long way. The three leads (Hayes,Sasso and Diamntopoulos) are excellent. The writing really captures the humor of the boys. This movie grows with me every time I see it.

I f#cking loved the three stooges ever since I was a chubby 11-year-old kid. The slapstick is the kind of humor I've always admired and I still admire today. They were the definitive icons of slapstick. When I heard they were making a movie about them I thought, oh god...no... Because somewhere in my mind I had a feeling that they were gonna botch this one. But when I read it's directed by the guy who did dumb and dumber, surprise surprise! it sucked! there's so many things wrong with this movie and a small few things right. I'll start with the right things: Moe, Larry and Curly. The actors looked and acted exactly like the three stooges; the slapstick is good and gave me some minor chuckles. It kind of felt like I really was watching the old gang I know and love. But with that said here are the wrong things: The rest of the humor outside the slapstick is stupid annoying and had no business being in a stooges movie; The scene at the beginning when Peezer is talking to the sick little girl Murph about someone picking him up from the orphanage, Murph says "Your not the only one who watch his parents drown. Dude, that happens!" And Peezer is like, "I know." Why did Murph say that? Is that supposed to be funny? It's not! That was just downright mean! And we're suppose to sympathize her? Are you kidding me? What a little b!tch; How come the nuns never aged when the three stooges got older?; The kids singing in the very beginning before moe larry and curly arrive was pointless and unfunny; why is the jersey shore in this?; why is the acting wooden apart from moe larry and curly?; Why do they still want us to hope that Murph will survive the sickness after we just heard her say the most @sshole thing to another orphan?; why was there a message clip at that very end about how the tools are proved fake? Are the parents just too f*cking lazy to tell their kids that they were fake themselves?; why was there a baby pissing in the face joke and constantly trying to hammer in it?; Moe on a reality TV show. wait what?; how come when moe larry and curly reunite the producer of jersey shore is surprised that there are three of them when he clearly some them arguing before he gave Moe the opportunity to be on the show? even the crew off camera of jersey shore are as moronic as the cast; where did the horses at the end right before the stupid message come from? There are so many plot holes in this movie that even the Garbage Pail kids movie would analyze and address. Yes. I just said that. This movie is true to the slapstick and characters but doesn't care about what is going outside the slapstick or what you think of it. It's not one of the worst movies I've ever seen but it's still pretty bad. Just stick to the original shorts. This movie is confusing, stupid and just mean-spirited. Please don't do it again boys.

On paper I would be wary of a Three Stooges film, outside of the USA there were rather an unknown quantity, younger viewers would be unaware of them and would there silly antics work.The Farrelly Brothers are known for their slapstick comedies with the added twist of bad taste.Remarkably the film works rather well. The three leads get into the roles with gusto although the plot is silly with slapstick and sporadically funny.Kids would actually enjoy this and the film is broken down in three parts so it plays like three shorts of the Three Stooges.However it does not have the freshness and zaniness of Dumb and Dumber.