This modern take on The Three Stooges brings back all the trademark elements and physical hilarity that shot the Stooges to fame back in the 1900s, introducing a new generation to their comedic dominance of films, shorts, and television.
In this remake, we meet the Three Stooges as toddlers tossed onto the steps of an orphanage. By the time Moe (Chris Diamantopoulos), Larry (Sean Hayes), and Curly (Will Sasso) have grown up, the nuns at the orphanage have become tired and pummeled by many years of finger-poking, nyuk-nyuk-nyuking, and all sorts of misadventure churned up by the trio.
Mother Superior (Jane Lynch) learns that the orphanage is at risk of being shut down because of financial difficulties. Moe, Larry, and Curly, having been the orphanage’s maintenance men, are determined to raise $830,000 in 30 days to save the only home they know.
Pure-hearted but dim-witted, the trio find themselves entangled in a twisted murder plan with a woman named Lydia (Sofia Vergara), who is scheming to kill her husband, when they leave the orphanage for the first time and clumsily stagger their way into the big city. There they also meet a variety of modern pop-culture characters like the cast of Jersey Shore, Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa, and swimsuit model Kate Upton.
Many A-list actors were considered to play the bumbling buffoons for this project that was well over five years in the making, but the roles were given to Chris Diamantopoulos, Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes, and Will Sasso from “MADtv.”
