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30 August 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
Tom Arnold is Stupid - (Stanley Stupid) morePlot:
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
The Rewards of Dating and Trust Funds Explored in La Comedy ‘MERRIme’ (From Tilzy.TV. 7 July 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 9, 2008
(From Screen Rant. 9 November 2008, 10:49 AM, PST)
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Stupid it may be....stupid its SUPPOSED to be! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Arnold | ... | Stanley Stupid |
 | Jessica Lundy | ... | Joan Stupid |
 | Bug Hall | ... | Buster Stupid |
 | Alex McKenna | ... | Petunia Stupid |
 | Mark Metcalf | ... | Colonel Neidermeyer |
 | Matt Keeslar | ... | Lieutenant Neal |
 | Scott Kraft | ... | Policeman |
| Victor Ertmanis | ... | Garbageman #1 |
| Earl Williams | ... | Garbageman #2 |
| George Chiang | ... | Chinese Waiter #1 |
| Max Landis | ... | Graffiti Artist |
| Carol Ng | ... | Jade Palace Hostess |
| Arthur Eng | ... | Chinese Waiter #2 |
| Jennifer Dean | ... | Meter Maid |
| Garry Robbins | ... | Extremely Tall Guy |
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Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Spain:T | USA:PG | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Director Trademark: ['John Landis'] [filmmakers]Appearances by directors Gurinder Chadha, 'Costa-Gavras', David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Mick Garris, Norman Jewison, Gillo Pontecorvo, Robert Wise. moreGoofs:
Miscellaneous: The garbage truck stops only for the Stupid's garbage can, and ignores the others. moreQuotes:
[When noticing a letter with "Return to Sender" on it]Stanley: Who is this Sender and what is he doing with other people's mail?
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I'm My Own Grandpaw moreFAQ
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Well guys, sorry to disappoint so many of you, but I thought this was one funny movie. I agree totally with a couple of reviewers who commented that you need to have on the right "mind-set" at the time. You need to have also a sense of the absurd here, if not the insane!
Landis is having a go at everyone and everyTHING in this ode to cinematic oafishness. He gets away with murder here, whereas Brian Levant who persists in trying to offer disastrously unfunny "family comedy" like THE FLINTSTONES simply falls over his own Director's chair.
I just about wet myself the first time I heard Arnold break out into his musical monologue "I AM MY OWN GRANDPA" That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the big screen. If you can't laugh at that - you're dead...or terminal!
Sure, its not for everyone - neither was SIGNS though!