Stuck |  | Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 13848
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: AMI3851DVD
UPC: 014381385120
EAN: 0014381385120
ASIN: B001CIOCO4
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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| • | Mena Suvari (American Beauty) unforgettably stars as Brandi, a hard-partying, overworked nursing assistant in this delicious, darkly humorous psychological thriller from director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond). Brandi accidentally steers her car into a homeless man, movingly played by Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), sending him flying through the windshield. Not wanting to jeopardize a po |
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Stuck, a cunning and energetic thriller, takes its premise from the real-life incident of a woman who hit a homeless man, then drove home and parked the car in the garage--with the man wedged halfway through her windshield. The genius of Stuck is that it not only squeezes every possible drop of gruesomeness out of this event, it also portrays everyone involved as a fully-rounded human being. Brandi (Mena Suvari, American Beauty), the driver, is a nurse at a retirement home who genuinely cares about her patients and is struggling for a promotion; for Tom (Stephen Rea, The Crying Game), being hit by a car is only the latest in a long line of misfortunes and indignities. But this is no earnest tragedy--instead, when the movie seems about to become a grim psychological portrait of denial and trauma, it shifts into high gear as a brutally funny black comedy. Director Stuart Gordon, best know for the over-the-top horror of Re-Animator, keeps most of Stuck slyly underplayed, to superb effect. The simple but effectively constructed script zips along, zigging and zagging within a very tightly framed situation. Suvari, Rea, and the rest of the cast (including excellent newcomers Russell Hornsby and Rukiya Bernard) commit to every emotional twist, turning from suspense to satire with adroit skill. This movie was made on a modest budget but has more thrills, laughs, and genuine tingles up and down the spine than all the special effects money can buy. A gem of tight, effective filmmaking. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
When brandi accidentally hits a homeless man she chooses not to get him medical attention - instead she leaves him clinging to life in her garage. But her psyche soon unravels when they become pitted in a bloody .. Even outrageous battle for survival. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 10/14/2008 Starring: Mena Suvari Russell Hornsby Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R
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 "so bad it's good" or just plain "good"? March 21, 2010
Richard Steiger (Murray, KY USA)
As I watched "Stuck," I tried to figure out which category it belongs to. But, of course, it ultimately doesn't make any difference. One way or the other, "Stuck" is a swift, entertaining melodrama. From the beginning, even before the movie began, I had my doubts. It claims to be "inspired by a true story." What on earth does that mean? I've tentatively decided on the following categories:
A. The truth itself (not possible in a movie)
B. documentary-style truth (everything "real," but obviously edited)
C. "based on a true story" (characters, main events as they actually happened, but changes in dialogue, conflation of characters, etc.)
D. "inspired [like "Stuck"] by a true story" (some event is the starting point for what is basically fiction)
E. fiction.
I'm sure, though, there are several subcategories. It's a pointless exercize, but fun. The question in my title comes down.I suppose, to intention. Is all the absurdity in the film intentional? Are the film makers laughing with us? When I was watching the film, I thought it had either turned into or degenerated into a dark comedy. In retrospect, though, I see the absurdity of it all from the beginning, from the meaningless "inspired by a true story," in fact. After all, what fictional event isn't "inspired" by life itself? So we watch a man steal his own clothes because his landlord (and presumably he himself) believes the landlord has a right to keep a tenant's property when the tenant leaves his apartment owing rent. And what does he "steal"? A couple of suits, which he carries with him crumpled in a ball (that'll help him!) to a job interview that doesn't exist. The "interview" itself features a wonderful visual cliche, showing Bardot in a crowded waiting room which in a series of cuts gets increasingly less crowded until he's alone. You can see it coming a mile away, so the very cliche becomes absurd. He meets an almost mystically kindly homeless man in the park, who gives him liquor and mysteriously hints that they will meet again (which, in a sense they do). All of this prepares the way for the great wave of absurdities that follow. So I guess I have answered my own pointless question. Whatever the answer, the film is well worth your time.
 A poignant journey that gets stuck pretty deep in absurdity February 23, 2010
C. Christopher Blackshere (I must destroy you)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The setup for Stuck seems pretty ridiculous, but it's actually based on a true story. After a night of partying, the young Brandi (Mena Suvari) commits a hit and run on a homeless man (Stephen Rea). Such a tragic mistake, and here's the horrible kicker--the guy is wedged tightly in the windshield of her car! Quite a crazy predicament, and Brandi is of course stricken with panic.
So what does she do? Drives home, drops some more ecstasy and has sex with her boyfriend. Just leaves the poor guy bleeding to death in her garage? Well, I suppose we all deal with stress in different ways.
I can appreciate the dark comedy of this story and realize it might be a statement about the current mindset that seems to be prevalent in our culture. People having a reckless pursuit of personal happiness along with a selfish disregard for responsibility. It also plays other stereotypes out to comical effect.
But the humor eventually goes from being subtle (a cop unaware of the car passing behind him with a bloody passenger on the hood?) to extremely silly (death by a ball point pen?) (ah geez). Oh well.
Overall, this was somewhat entertaining and original. This movie includes profanity, violence, drug use, and nudity. Written and directed by Stuart Gordon.
Stuck on STUCK February 10, 2010
Richard Masloski (New Windsor, New York USA)
The less you know about this film, the better. I caught it while channel-surfing one night. I missed the first five minutes...but once tuned in, I could NOT tune out. This movie (all the more incredibe because its main premise is based on a true story, sad-to-say) is one of the most gripping films I have seen in a long while. I was watching the film in real-time and needed to take a bathroom break - but could NOT leave the chair: the movie is that gripping. Rent it - buy it - borrow it - but most definitely watch it. Not a dull moment in the film and it makes you think about the biggest issues imaginable...which is a rare thing for movies to do nowadays.
 A shocking, darkly humorous morality play and survival thriller. February 7, 2010
M. Cleveland
Stuck is a short, tightly crafted, low budget survival thriller on the surface. Stephen Rea stars as Thomas Bardo, a seemingly weak older man who is having quite possibly the worst day of his life. Forced onto the streets without any home to return to or job to assist him in regaining any quality of life, he is then literally thrusted into an even worse fate as the victim of a hit and run by a young, nurse/elderly caregiver who is high on ecstacy. What makes matters even worse is that he's still lodged in the windshield of the inebriated, young woman's car as she proceeds to panic and drive home unnoticed, then parking the car in the garage! The film avoids stereotypes and presents characters that you really believe could exist. Sadly (and bizarrely), this film is based around a real incident that happened in Texas in 2001. Once the film introduces it's principal characters and the plot kicks in there are simply no dull moments to be found. It is a violent, unflinching look at the blatant absurdity of some aspects in our culture which at times is able to bring about humor within the film. Aside from strong performances from Mena Suvari and veteran Stephen Rea, who can both conjure up feelings of sympathy, disgust, hatred, and even empathy in viewers, this dark thriller-comedy is loaded with subtle and not-so-subtle statements about the conditioning of our own society that causes people to commit to poor, sometimes truly irrational actions when they are faced with difficult choices. Is any human being's life worth ignoring and sacrificing for your own gains? The rest of the cast is equally effective as is the film's pacing. The film is directed by Stuart Gordon, who seems like an odd choice with his past filmography, but he has struck a winner with this completely effective film that may divide audiences due to it's resistance to follow typical thriller conventions as well as the film's brutal violence and bleak, but mostly authentic story. Since it is based on a true event the film presents a challenge to it's audience: Always face your fears in your own life, despite the consequences, and survive by making the correct choices and carrying them out even at the worst and most desperate of times. While you watch the film you will begin to wonder what you would do in any of the film's main or supporting character's situations. It's also a notable reminder to not "judge a book by it's cover" as any individual can surprise you in positive or negative ways. The disc also has a good documentary showcasing interviews with the filmmakers as well as the actual reporter who covered the real life case.
AN IMPRESSIVE BLACK COMEDY! December 28, 2009
! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b (TRI STATE AREA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow! I watched this film by chance and I was really surprised how good it was. I know 5 stars???...... Well YES! I give it 5 stars because I think the film maker was able to get all he could out of this premise. The film starts quickly and never lets up for it's entire hour and 25 minute running length. It's captures the complex conflict of right and wrong and shows the fine line between human compassion and self preservation with some interesting contradictions all rolled into an intense black comedy that will have you filling with rage one minute and laughing hysterically the next. It's a little gory and repulsive at times, but it's sure to keep you glued to the screen. This is a film that I think will become a huge cult hit and it's way above average for films of this nature.
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