The youngest children in the audience chuckled often at the slapstick, but for anyone else this is a surprisingly thin and repetitive film. The three leads try very hard, and a couple of set-piece routines come off very well, but the transplanting of the Stooges into the modern world is sadly underused and the slim plot lacks any power to engage. The intention of creating a live-action cartoon complete with appropriate sound effects is consistent but the result in the real-world field of action often comes across as mean-spirited or simply pain-inflicting. Curiously, a brief section of the trio as ten-year-olds at the orphanage seems to create the most successful tone, but as a whole the film disappoints.
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