Stuck

May. 21,2007      R
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6.5
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A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Mena Suvari as  Brandi Boski
Stephen Rea as  Thomas Bardo
Russell Hornsby as  Rashid
Rukiya Bernard as  Tanya
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as  Petersen
Lionel Mark Smith as  Sam
Wayne Robson as  Mr. Binckley
Patrick McKenna as  Joe Lieber
Jeffrey Combs as  911 Operator (voice)
John Dunsworth as  Cabbie

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Reviews

Micitype
2007/05/21

Pretty Good

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Smartorhypo
2007/05/22

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Dynamixor
2007/05/23

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Chantel Contreras
2007/05/24

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

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adi_2002
2007/05/25

Brandi works as a nurse and is about to receive a promotion but after returning from a drunken night she hit's a man crossing the street. He remains on the car hood and being afraid she takes him home in garage. Now she will do anything to conceal the accident, more than that, with the help of her boyfriend wants to get rid of the victim but things take an unexpected turn. Is a weak film, I do not understand how those neighbors who saw him covered in blood did nothing to help, have not called anyone if they were afraid to call the authorities to the risk of being deported. Man hit by car seems to have both feet broken somehow managed to keep right up to the end of the movie.Why Brandi did not help, especially after he said he would take all the blame on him and it will not be held answered in any way. Her answer was short: "I do not know." I wish the film to be stuck after 20 minutes.

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Robert Thorpe
2007/05/26

Stuck is just what the Dr ordered for those sick of the politically correct Hollywood films. Stephen Rea and Mena Suvari are in top form in this over the top delightfully deranged thriller about a woman who hits a bum on the day she heard that she is up for a promotion and instead of doing the right thing she slides down the path of self destruction. Not to be outdone is Russell Hornsby who is the smooth talking drug dealer who is on top of his game as the big cheese crime lord wanna be. When confronted with actually committing a real crime the laughs come at just the right time played perfectly. An absolute must see for independent movies. A wild ride.

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felixoteiza
2007/05/27

I saw this DVD in the Library and I took it home just because I saw Suvari in the cover. I liked her in AB so I wanted to see her again. The fact that I read there about this being a "darkly humorous" thriller also helped. But I got more than I had bargained for--and I'm not even referring to that dandy bed scene of the beginning. For starters, there's nothing funny here, despite what the DVD cover says--and yet I couldn't help but LOL at some shocking scenes; like for ex. when Brandi hits Tom in the head with a rod or log, to make him stop honking the car. This is actually a sad, tragic, story; but mostly a psychological thriller, or a psychological study, about people put in unexpected, dramatic, even tragic, dilemmas and how they react to it.An overworked, X-gulping nurse and party girl hits with her car an OOW Project Manager and takes him home, stuck in her windshield. There she tries to get rid of him, with the help of her drug pusher boyfriend. That's the story. Great acting by Suvari, who carries the flick on her shoulders–-with much help from her firm, expressive, facial features--as Rea (as the PM) doesn't have much to do but to suffer all kind of ignominies, and put the sad eyes of a battered dog, while Hornsby acts, rather overacts, portraying every ugly stereotype about his people (I've always wondered why people do that--are you listening, De Niro?). The cinematography's decent, so the pacing & editing. But this is a action driven flick, so we'll stay mostly focused on the going ons, neglecting much of the rest. I don't even recall if there was some musical score, which I guess helps making my point.The central idea in the film is how a human being, any human being, can go from doing the most selfless, caring, acts to commit the most heinous crimes without fundamentally changing characters, remaining the same person, as long as he/she finds a justification for the deed. (a truth that could be applied also to good, nice Germans exterminating entire populations "for the good of the nation"). I'm sure that if Brandi had gotten away with her plan to burn the garage and get rid of both men she would have been next day at her job, providing her loving care to her patients, as she strongly felt that was her calling in life. So, there is no character change in her in the film. Until the moment when, pinned by her car, she tries to shoot dead Bardo she is still the devoted nurse of the beginning. That's her calling, how she sees herself and for that reason she clings to the idea of staying the course no matter what. She sees the accident as an irritant rather than as a tragedy, which threatens her apostolate and that's why she indignantly screams to Bardo "Why are you doing this to me?". The fact is, she sees herself as doing much good for others to tolerate to be interrupted, specially by as someone worthless as him. It isn't the money what interest her-she mentions it to Rashid only to get into his wavelength--but her promotion to greater responsibility in her Earthly mission, even if it means taking a heavier workload. (remember her joy when writing her expected assignment on a paper.) Good concept; good development. Not that Stuck is flawless. In fact I see two flaws in the plot, having to do both with the male characters. First, Bardo. He says he's a PM, but he doesn't have a clue. He has been two years out of work and he isn't even in the computer. Granted, such a thing may occur to all of us, but usually when you have just entered the system, or shortly after, not years later. At this point he should have been on first name basis with employees in the UO; he should have become an habitué from the day he found himself OOW. Yet, years later he's still a stranger. How he spent all that time anyway? Then, even knowing that he's bound to be evicted anytime, he hasn't done the necessary arrangements for when the occasion arrive. He doesn't even know that he could go to a shelter for the homeless, which shows he didn't do any pertinent research; he didn't even inquire where he could go for help. So can you blame anyone for laying off such an inept PM? No wonder people see him as useless. The second flaw relates to Rashid. I don't understand why Brandi is his girlfriend, as there's nothing bringing them together. She could always pay for her X fix with sex, she didn't need to be his lover, even less cling to him to the point of violently expelling his other mistress from his apart.. My guess is, he was made his lover just to get him aboard; it was probably thought that she couldn't extort him into lending her a hand and if he was only her dealer. So, this is a plot contrivance; but, as there was no serious effort made to better justify or base their "relationship"-on common things for ex.-the weakness of the forced subplot appears all too clear (see how Brandi reacts seeing him dead: she tries to burn the body to incriminate Bardo!).Finally, I'll take back 1/2 point to get back at Gordon for giving me a moment of total disgust. Gordon: we DON'T NEED that eye candy to get it; we could have gotten it just as well if you had suggested what Mr. Binckley did on the bed, not shown it all in its unblemished glory & beauty. 6.5/10.BTW: an anonymous call to police wouldn't have helped the illegals, as they would have been interviewed anyway the moment Brandi's house is declared a CS.

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Marjeez
2007/05/28

Running at around 85 minutes, this is the perfect rental from the director of 'Re-Animator'. Stuck has an interesting plot and an impressive film to back it up. Mena, a young NA (hey, that's my job too!) decides to get high during a party. On the ride home, she hits a bum pushing his kart. He is stuck through the window, and she panics and decides to drive home. In her garage, she notices that he is still very much alive.The acting was a surprise considering I can't name any of these actors, who did I fine job giving a realistic feel to Stuck. The dark humor is plentiful but never feels forced, and trust me when I say this; you will look away at parts. Filmmakers of the horror genre should take note, the gore is there and it'll make you feel squeamish. It has the feel of an indie but the quality of a much larger film. This is a grade-A B-movie.Never in a million years did I think I would enjoy this movie as much as I did. It has many different genres in mind, but they all manage to blend together to create something special.

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