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Stuck (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 72

Fresh: 52

Rotten:20

Average Rating: 6.5/10

Consensus: Steeped in gallows humor, Stuck is a taut, tense examination of a tragic accident.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: May 30, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Best known for his horror classics RE-ANIMATOR (1985), FROM BEYOND (1986), and DOLLS (1987), director Stuart Gordon turned to character-driven thrillers in the early 2000s with KING OF THE ANTS (2003) and EDMOND (2005). STUCK continues... Best known for his horror classics RE-ANIMATOR (1985), FROM BEYOND (1986), and DOLLS (1987), director Stuart Gordon turned to character-driven thrillers in the early 2000s with KING OF THE ANTS (2003) and EDMOND (2005). STUCK continues in that vein, exploring humankind's potential for cruelty toward one another. Inspired by real events, this is a bloody and disturbing revenge film with a pitch-black sense of humor and a handful of fine performances. Tom Bardo (Stephen Rea) is having a bad Friday. He's out of work and preparing for an interview at the employment agency when he is suddenly evicted from apartment. A computer glitch then causes him to spend the entire day waiting for his interview, then is turned away. With nowhere left to go, he finds himself sleeping on a park bench, only to be rousted by a cop. Enter Brandi (Mena Suvari), a corn-rowed nursing assistant heading home after a night of partying. Talking on the phone and driving under the influence, Brandi hits Tom, sending him crashing halfway through her windshield. Afraid of the consequences, she chooses to drive home, park the car in her garage, and not tell anyone. But Tom, despite this indignant end to a terrible day, still has some fight left in him. Based on true events that occurred in 2002 in Fort Worth, Texas, STUCK boldly plays on the grim absurdity of the situation. John Strysik's smart script pokes fun at the macho posturing of thug culture and the sad implications of a society where there are no exceptions to the "no snitching" policy. Suvari gives a wild, fun performance, and Rea's likable Tom is a prototypical underdog. Funny, painful, and crowd-pleasing, this is truly and proudly a B-movie, and a worthy addition to Gordon's impressive body of work. [More]

Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard

Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Wayne Robson, R.D. Reid, Patrick McKenna, Sharlene Royer

Director: Stuart Gordon

Director: Stuart Gordon
Screenwriter: John Strysik
Story: Stuart Gordon
Producer: Stuart Gordon, Christian Arnold-Beutel, Robert Katz, Jay Firestone, Ken Gord
Composer: Bobby Johnston
Studio: ThinkFilm

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Oct 7, 2008

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Subtitles - English SDH, Spanish - Optional

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Gordon hits the proverbial ball not only directly out of the park, but also through the windshield of a ... well, maybe I should just start from the beginning.

Full Review Source: Dread Central | comment Comment
10/30/08
Uncle Creepy
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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A simultaneously grisly and magnificent thriller about Tom Bardo (Stephen Rea), a homeless man who gets stuck in a car windshield after a hit-and-run accident.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
09/08/08
Heather Huntington
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A fresh and rewarding take on cinematic terror.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/05/08
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat
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Stuck gives a boost to the dramatic elements of the story, while preserving the stern lesson about a society crumbling under the weight of self-interest and moral decay.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
07/18/08
Bruce Demara
Toronto Star
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It makes for a taut little horror story, in which the 'monster' is not identifiable by horns or fangs.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/18/08
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
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You might hope for fiction to bring insight to senseless cruelty, rather than augment the ignominy of the original crime.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
07/18/08
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Director Stuart Gordon has insightfully shown the humorous side to a very un-humorous--even heinous--story of our fellow citizens behaving at their absolute worst.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
07/12/08
Tim Basham
Paste Magazine
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Stuck lost me the moment it started going for cheap laughs. Are we really meant to snicker at his suffering and at this awful, awful woman?

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
07/11/08
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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"Stuck" does what any good B movie should, working its way under your skin with a mix of gory jolts and outrageous humor, while cutting uncomfortably close to the bone in its look at how people really behave under pressure.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
07/07/08
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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Gordon's fantastic finale is immensely satisfying, more than compensating for the prior weaknesses.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
06/26/08
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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There's no shortage of scenes that you'll watch through your fingers, groaning -- but you'll watch all the same.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/26/08
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
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A black-hearted ripped-from-the-headlines number that looks and feels like it could have walked out a '70s grind house just yesterday.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
06/17/08
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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A splatter flick that stays a splatter flick. In spite of some glimpses of genius, this film never strays far enough from the genre into potentially promising moral territory.

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06/17/08
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics
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...will attract the Stuart Gordon fans and those familiar with the real events that made national news back in 2001.

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06/13/08
Robin Clifford
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Screenwriter John Strysik could have written the script for Stuck on Post-Its. It slaps endless reminders of social significance over the fictionalized case of a female driver who hit a pedestrian and left him snagged and disabled in her windshield.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
06/13/08
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun
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Stuart (Re-Animator) Gordon's murky misuse of Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea makes John Carpenter movies look like Art.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
06/12/08
David N. Butterworth
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Gordon is a masterful storyteller when he's clicking on all cylinders. It's his best film in years.

Full Review Source: The Deadbolt | comment Comment
06/09/08
Brian Tallerico
The Deadbolt
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