I never thought I would ever see the day in which Sean Penn is recast with Sean Hayes of 'Will & Grace' in anything, and I never thought I would look at such an event and be glad that it happened, but when it comes to a film like this, between Harvey Milk and Jack McFarland, I'm gonna stick with the latter gay icon, though not as I'm sticking with the recast of Benicio del Toro with Chris Diamantopoulos, because, come on, no matter what the liberals may say, do you really want to see a Mexican Moe Howard, or rather, a 'Moexican' (Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk)? Jeez, all of these serious actors were offered the chance to be Stooges, and all the while, they're switching out Idris Elba with Tyler Perry for the role of Alex Cross, which is why I reckon the Farrelly brothers were aiming at getting Jim Carrey as Curly for real comic relief, and even then, Carrey is such a committed actor that he gained 40 pounds to play Curly Howard. Their facial expressions, movements, and line delivery successfully brings out the personalities of the Stooges.The Three Stooges will definitely divide the audience, but fans of the original series will get the most out of this. At times, this picture successfully does that, but at others it is awkward and out of place.Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, and Will Sasso deliver good performances. The biggest challenge is finding a way to work this comedy into modern times.

With that said, the story does take a back seat to the antics of the Stooges.The slapstick humor and sound effects stay true to how the Stooges should behave and it is all delivered at rapid fire pace for most of the film. The story is also told in episodes, which is broken up quite nicely and laced with the original theme song. Bobby and Peter Farrelly bring old style slapstick comedy to modern days with The Three Stooges.The story is simple and requires less than 90 minutes to tell.

The three stooges 2012