The movie took the usual liberties with time and space, but for the most part it had a very good feel for the Stooges and what they went through to survive in comedy. And there was a nice rapport between the Stooges. *Larry*?!) Handler and Annalise Phillips, who played Mabel Fine, had a wonderful, complex rapport. (Sidenote: Larry really was the only Stooge to have a babe for a wife, on whom he allegedly cheated frequently. As written, he is the most easy-going stooge, and only slightly hen-pecked by a blonde-bombshell of a wife. Evan Handler was an absolutely wonderful Larry. Chiklis's main failing is one he really can't help: during the "Take Off Your Hat" scene, he was attempting to look puzzled and frustrated, but his own particular eye-squint came across as angry and mean. Michael Chiklis did the best he could with the toughest job Curly is by far the most famous and sharply defined character of the bunch. He was stronger in the Life sections then in the On Screen sections. Paul Ben-Victor did a very nice job as Moe. The Stooges newsgroups were ablaze with postings that blasted the movie before even seeing it.
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