The Stupids

1996 "As American as apple pie and twice as smart."
4.3| 1h34m| PG| en
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An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

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SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
jimenezl49 I cannot believe that the film is getting lots of positive reviews on this site!!!! This film should'be been aborted!!!! This film is such an abomination!!!!! Literally the worst film! The acting itself was a complete disaster!! This film is not funny at all!!!! I feel as if 1/10 is a bit too much for this film. I do not understand how people could stomach through this garbage. I'd rather sit through traffic than to have to watch that horrible film again. At least then I wouldn't have to listen to Tom Arnold's career plummet through the toilet. The Stupids was a major box office failure, grossing just $2,491,989 from an estimated $25 million budget.
redavi2 When I first saw this movie I was about 14 years old and nearly died laughing. Ten years later years I still burst my sides from this witty film. Now I'm not big on Tom Arnold as an actor but he definitely makes the perfect Stanley Stupid. Besides from a few cheezy parts like the very poorly computer animated pet dog & cat this movie is pure conspiracy theory comedic genius. There are so many hilarious jokes that somehow move the plot along... 8 wheels beats 4 wheels, 10-1-1 over 9-1-1, the Lloyd, "Man-Bush" come on people! I can't believe anyone could actually consider this one of this worst movies ever made. Go ahead and spend another 5 bucks & purchase the film (buying it new might be cheaper than renting it), get over the PG rating and laugh your @$*%! off at this hilarious comedy!!
MartianOctocretr5 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?
countach I saw this thing traveling in a bus... no expectations in any way, but.. the first scene... "dear they have stolen AGAIN our garbage !!!!" makes me mad and kept watching. Very very funny with clever and raw sketches...The one of the time machine is genius... and the heaven one...LOL and ROFL.I know the film is not a masterpiece of the history, but, I found some ideas really funny in its script. I think its more raw and silly than Dumb & Dumber or Top Scret, of course, but there is a glimpse of John Landis there and contains some really good points.