The Stupids Movie Review 1995

In the tradition of "Dumb and Dumber," the aptly named Stupids--dad Stanley (Arnold), mom Joan (Lundy), brother Buster (Hall), and sis Petunia (McKenna)--blunder unwittingly into and out of dangerous adventures involving their garbage. Landing Arnold for the lead seems like the casting coup of the decade but the movie itself is shaky and uninspired. Based on the children's best-selling books. Keep a lookout for Captain Kangaroo (Keeshan) and numerous other cameos.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, Stupid Is..., Mistaken Identity, Dads, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Brent Forrester

Cast

Tom Arnold, Jessica Lundy, Bug Hall, Alex McKenna, Mark Metcalf, Matt Keeslar, Frankie Faison, Christopher Lee, Bob Keeshan

Cinematography

Manfred Guthe

Director

John Landis

Music

Christopher Stone

Other

Robert Wise, Norman Jewison, Constantin Costa-Gavras, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Gillo Pontecorvo

Producer

Leslie Belzberg, Rank Film Distributors, Savoy Pictures

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1996: Worst Actor (Arnold).