The Stupids

PG 4.3
1996 1 hr 34 min Comedy , Family

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

  • Cast:
    Tom Arnold , Jessica Lundy , Bug Hall , Alex McKenna , Mark Metcalf , Matt Keeslar , Christopher Lee

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Reviews

Cebalord
1996/08/30

Very best movie i ever watch

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Intcatinfo
1996/08/31

A Masterpiece!

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Merolliv
1996/09/01

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

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Juana
1996/09/02

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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cjthehippo
1996/09/03

Seriously, this movie is full of incredibly unfunny jokes that makes this one "stupid" movie (the movie is worse than that pun right there). Yes it is horrible, don't watch it, don't waste any money on it. The only people that could find this humorous are 5 year old children, in no way should this be funny to anyone who's age is above that. It IS the worst movie ever produced. The movie is not witty, it's jokes are... ugh, actually no, they aren't jokes, in fact, I don't know what they are. I just don't have the words to describe how terrible this movie is. Once again, I will reiterate: Don't watch it and don't waste money on it.

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MartianOctocretr5
1996/09/04

Pathetic attempt to imitate the likes of Inspector Clusseau, Curley (3 Stooges), and Agent Maxwell Smart. These classic slapstick characters bumbled their ways into our hearts with expert comedic timing. Tom Arnold just bumbles aimlessly through this movie devoid of laughs. Stanley Stupid (Arnold), patriarch of the Stupid family, suspects there's an evil scheme to steal garbage, and he's suspicious of "Return to Sender" mail. Are you rolling on the floor weak with laughter yet? Me neither.Overdone stereotypes, feeble attempts to strain humor from gags that don't work, poorly executed slapstick, a script that laughs at its own jokes while nobody else does, an immaterial story that's nothing more than a vehicle for one banal scene after another, gratuitously violent events that are tossed out at you as humor; the list goes on. I always thought the song "I'm my own Grandpa" was clever--Arnold just makes it annoying. Few movies are more excruciatingly painful to endure than failed and unfunny comedies: this is one of these.If somebody was stealing garbage, why didn't they steal this?

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trish_kiwi
1996/09/05

We loved this movie, but it is unavailable down under, will still keep trying to get a copy, but it was one of those movies that kept us laughing all the time. I bet we can all relate to some of those characters in the movie and at some time in our lives we have done some strange and hilarious things as well. My children loved the movie as well and as I say we cannot get it here anymore which is a shame, will have to wait until it comes on television again. Go The Stupids. Love that movie. I do not know much about the director of The Stupids John Landis, what other movies had he done? I still can't believe it didn't get good ratings, like another movie shown here Rat Race, we loved that as well, goodness what do movie critics want in movies, do they want them to entertain us which The Stupids did, and I for one was entertained, sometimes I think the movie critics are too harsh. Loved the dresses the girls wore too, very 50's, also loved the scene in the planetarium where they think they met up with God. At least we could have a laugh.

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iKramerica-1
1996/09/06

Come on people! Relax. If you rate this movie a 1, you either are trying to hate it or don't have a sense of humor.It's not high art, but the deadpan acting is spot on, and if you really look at it, the writing in this script is far more complex and well crafted than most "gross out" comedies people seem to applaud. While other comedies just string together some non-sequeters, this one has a tightly woven throughline, with one line of dialogue or action not only leading to the next, but so integral to the story that if you were to remove a gag or a character, the house of cards would collapse.It is theater of the absurd and farce at it a high level. And it is telling that some people who say this is the worst movie ever also say the Kentucky Fried Movie was a "miss" despite that film being the first of it's kind and leading to hundreds of films since that these same people probably loved.

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