Stuck on You (film)
| Stuck on You | |
|---|---|
 Brothers Stick Together | |
| Directed by | Farrelly Brothers |
| Written by | Screenplay: Farrelly Brothers Bennett Yellin Charles B. Wessler |
| Produced by | Farrelly Brothers Mark Charpentier Marc S. Fischer Garrett Grant Kris Meyer Hal Olofsson Bradley Thomas Charles B. Wessler Endrick Lekay (uncredited) |
| Starring | Matt Damon Greg Kinnear Eva Mendes Wen Yann Shih Pat Crawford Brown Cher |
| Cinematography | Daniel Mindel |
| Edited by | Christopher Greenbury Dave Terman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | December 12, 2003 (US) |
Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. |
| Budget | $55,000,000 |
| Box office | $64,000,000 (worldwide) |
Stuck On You is a 2003 comedy-drama film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as a pair of conjoined twins, whose conflicting aspirations provide both conflict and humorous situations, in particular when one of them wishes to move to Hollywood, California to pursue a career as an actor.
Plot
Conjoined twins Bob (Matt Damon) and Walt (Greg Kinnear) Tenor use their unique deformity as a means to gain acceptance and live as normally as possible within everyday life. They run a restaurant in their hometown of Martha's Vineyard, Walt stars in an upcoming play with Bob in the background. (He has a tendency to get stage fright). Following the success of the play, Walt decides to follow his dreams of making it as a Hollywood actor, and persuades his hesitant brother to go along for the ride.
They rent an apartment in Hollywood and become friends with April Mercedes (Eva Mendes), who doesn't seem to care about their deformality. All does not go well as planned as they continue to get rejected numerous times, they hire eccentric agent Morty O'Reilly (Malcolm G. Chace Jr.) who gets them their first gig, only it is a porn flick.
Cher (played by herself), is upset over the fact that she has to star in a prime time TV show called "Honey and the Beaze"; she sees Bob and Walt and decides to hire Walt as her co-star (Since her contract states she can choose whoever she wants). She thinks that because they are conjoined, the show will get cancelled; the producers do what they can to keep Bob out of the picture, however, as the show progresses, the ratings go up and Walt becomes very famous.
Meanwhile, Walt decides to hook Bob up with a girl that he met online named May Fong (Wen Yann Shih), who lives in Los Angeles, she is unaware that Bob has a conjoined twin. Their relationship progresses as Walt tries to stay hidden from them at all times, like being disguised as a giant teddy bear. Apparently, May makes a surprise visit and she finds out the truth about them. Meanwhile, Morty informs them that word has spread that Walt and Bob are conjoined. They both become huge celebrities making commercials and being on the tonight show. Walt knows that Bob is unhappy because he misses May. He decides that they should both get separated, (They had doubts about this because they share a liver that Bob mostly has, if they did proceed, Walt would probably die). Walt tries to convince Bob to go with the operation but Bob refuses, Walt decides to get drunk and make a fool of himself, eventually ending up in jail, for accidentally snatching a lady's purse and drunk driving. (Bob was driving, although he wasn't drunk). After they are released, they have a fight and Bob decides to go with the operation.
On their last night as conjoined twins, they celebrate by amusing their friends. Just then, May shows up and apologizes to Bob for running out the way she did, Bob informs her that they're getting separated, she doesn't want him to but feels he has to. At the hospital, May and April wait patiently; the surgery was successful and Bob and Walt are now separated and Walt survives.
After the operation, things go down hill for both of them, Bob moves back to Martha's Vineyard with May, and finds it difficult not to have someone next to him, problems like keeping balance, trying to run the restaurant, and goals he can't block (he and Bob were both goalies in hockey, so not a single goal got past them.) Walt stays in Hollywood and struggles with not being able to function on his own at acting, the ratings in honey and the beaze fall and the show is cancelled. He often finds companionship in sitting next to a bronze statue. Walt decides to go back to Martha's Vineyard to be with Bob.
One year later, Walt and Bob go back to running the restaurant and being together (due to velcro). Bob and May have married and are expecting a child. Walt is with April, and starring in an play with Meryl Streep.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Bob Tenor
- Greg Kinnear as Walt Tenor
- Eva Mendes as April Mercedes
- Wen Yann Shih as May Fong
- Pat Crawford Brown as Mimmy
- Ray Valliere as Rocket
- Tommy Songin as Tommy
- Terence Bernie Hines as Moe Neary
- Cher as Herself
- Jackie Flynn as Howard
- Seymour Cassel as Morty O'Reilly
- Griffin Dunne as Himself
- Bridget Tobin as Vineyard Cutie
- Danny Murphy as Dicky
- Malcolm G. Chace Jr. as Vineyard Buddie
- Meryl Streep as herself
- Steve Tyler as Detective Reudy
- Dane Cook as Officer Fraioli
- Fernanda Lima as Susie
Reception
Critics
On the review website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 152 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10, with the consensus: "An unusually sweet and charming comedy by the Farrelly brothers. Fans may miss the distinct lack of bodily fluids though." [1]
Box office
Although the movie was able to make back its production budget by grossing $34 million domestically and $32 internationally,[2] its box office draw considerably underperformed the Farrelly Brothers previous hits. It only managed third place in its opening weekend box office (US) despite having the largest theater count of any movie that weekend (Dec 12-14 2003).
Facts
The film depicts two non-identical conjoined twins, which is actually a medical impossibility (since the bodies of non-identical conjoined twins would reject each other's tissues, leading to death). The cursory explanation within the film for Bob and Walt's different appearance is that Walt's limited access to their mutual liver has caused him to age faster than Bob.
Music
The song "Human" recorded by Cher, who appears in the film, and produced by David Foster was included in the soundtrack. There was no official release, but in Germany the song was released on a promotional CD of the soundtrack called "Unzertrennlich" and that version clocks 3:49. The song can be heard during the end credits of the film and is played during a scene in a club. This is the first Farrelly Brothers film not to have an official soundtrack.
Pete Yorn recorded a cover of the Albert Hammond classic "It Never Rains in Southern California" for the film, and like the aforementioned Cher song, remains unreleased. The Kings of Leon songs "California Waiting", "Molly Chambers" and "Holy Roller Novocaine" are all featured in the film as well, from the bands first EP Holy Roller Novacaine. Greg Kinnear's version of "Summertime" is an almost note-for-note cover of the Billy Stewart version. Eight minutes out in the movie, while at a bar, Morten Abel's song "Welcome Home" is played.
References
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- ^ "Stuck on You". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stuckonyou.htm