Stuck |  | Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Category: DVD
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 21360
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.
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 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.
Stuck DVD December 20, 2009
Manny M. Agah
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very interesting and well-made film with good acting by Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea. The DVD has excellent picture and sound.
 OK as a Low-Budget Thriller August 29, 2009
Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brandi Boski (Mena Suvari) is a committed nurse. She is having a good day because she's got a promotion at home for senior people. Brandi goes to a night club after work, meets her boyfriend who is also a drug dealer, and drives home under the influence. On her way she runs over a man, Thomas Bardo, (Stephen Rea), and she runs away terrified, with the victim stuck in the car windshield. She puts her car in the garage, but to her surprise, he is still alive, asking for help. So what will she do?
The premise is interesting--"Stuck" is inspired by a true event that happened in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2001. The story is basically a thriller and there are many twists and turns intended to keep us guessing what is next in store. Many things happen and some of them are really surprising - or impossible - but definitely nasty.
In spite of gores and broken bones, tension fails to rise as it should because after all nurse Brandi's choices are limited from the beginning and she only delays her decision. To make a feature-length film out of this thin idea, the script of "Stuck" relies on poorly-conceived plot devices that only stall the story--side story about Thomas recently evicted; social satires (apathetic and bureaucratic workers at employment services) and occasional dark humor. You may giggle at Mena Suvari's love scene (brief nudity if you are interested) or a lovely dog licking the poor guy's fractured bone. But sorry, I was bored.
Or perhaps we should take her character and everything else as a parable. Maybe. But as a social commentary or character study, "Stuck" is too shallow to take seriously with stock characters and the leading lady's overacting. Inconsistencies within a character can be intriguing, and Mena Suvari's character, first seen as a dedicated nurse, then as an irresponsible hit-and-run driver, has a potential for insightful thriller. But instead of giving more details about her character and much subtler treatment of them, like in "The Collector" and "The Crying Game," Stuart Gordon-directed film seeks an easy way out - cheap thrills just like the heroine of the film.
"Stuck" has an intriguing concept, which could have been developed better with a simpler, more straightforward approach. The result is a confusion, not without fun, I admit, but ultimately unsatisfactory.
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