The Three Stooges Review

Moe, Larry and Curly are back, and still up to their old shenanigans. However, this time the three Stooges are on a mission to save their childhood orphanage. The orphanage needs $830,000, or it will have to shut down and send the children to a foster home. The Stooges come across many adventures as they try to fulfill their mission, and save the orphanage. However, because there’s an immoral relationship involving a key character woven throughout the film as well as constant slapstick violence, I do not recommend this for kids.

Rating: 1 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: April 13, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 13+
Sexual Content: Moderate
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

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Talking Points:

I felt the Stooges goal of saving the orphanage was admirable. I also admired their friendship and dedication to each other. A nice lesson for kids.

There were a lot of silly, goofy scenes. In one scene the Stooges were in a room full of babies, and proceeded to spray each other with the babies urine. This was disgusting, though I’m sure kids will find it humorous.

Moe ended up on the reality show, Jersey Shore. Once again he had fun poking, boinking and torturing them as well.

Sexual Content: Moderate

• Women wear revealing low cut outfits.
• There were immoral sexual relationships and suggestive references however, there were no inappropriate visual scenes.

Violent Content: Excessive

• Where do I begin….There was continuous hitting, poking, slapping and silly violence throughout the whole film.
• We saw a character putting hot irons on another character’s chest.
• A women, who was having an affair, convinced the Stooges to kill her husband. This created a lot more silly violence and mayhem.

Crude or Profane Language: Mild

• “What the…?” was said.
• “Knuckleheads” and “nitwits,” were also said.

Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild

• Character’s were shown drinking alcohol.

As the film concluded the directors appeared on screen explaining that the tools used in the film were made out of rubber. They told the kids in the audience to “please play safe at home.” With the violence and immoral themes, I don’t recommend this for kids. Instead of The Three Stooges, take your youngsters to see Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

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