wow, why
why would they even
as a stooges fan i like the general idea, in that it's three separate storylines, each of them as long as the old 3 stooges shorts and only tangentially connected
and the actors seem to have a lock on their imitations
and i like the (older) farrelly brothers movies (kingpin, there's something about mary, and me, myself and irene)
but yeah, the only reason this even got made was that the farrelly bros. are huge fans and kept pushing, this is what happens when fanboyism has a whole lot of money
if you go back and watch the earliest (the first couple of years) 3 stooges shorts they're very cleverly written in addition to all the slapstick, and have good production values - this looks like it's just a bunch of nostalgic schtick shoved into the modern era
plus, the story of how shitty columbia treated moe howard after they cancelled the stooges series makes this kind of...well, icky
if they were gonna resurrect something that doesn't really need resurrecting and call it the 3 stooges they should have just developed a story with three entirely new personalities
i'll probably still watch it, there's enough talent involved that i'll likely get a couple of genuine laughs out of it, but there is the sweaty smell of desperation all over it
