The Stupids

The Stupids (1996)

  • 21% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 34% of users liked it
    (9,872 ratings)

This film is based on The Stupids series of children's books by Harry Allard and James Marshall, which are about a family that takes things very, very literally. In this film, the Stupids attempt to discover what happens to the garbage that disappears from their lawn every week (they think it has… More

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PG, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
John Landis
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 30, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Feb 10, 2004
New Line Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Emily Blunt, Blunt Review

    Really, didn't the title kind of leak the fore-thought to this mess?

  • Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com

    If you're six, you'll think this is a cinematic gem, but even at seven you'll get bored and want to hurl the television out the window.

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    The title says it all. Totally not funny.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Now I was stupid watching this

  • Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star

    Madcap fun. It's Tom Arnold's finest hour, though that's not saying much.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A family of idiots go around doing idiotic, unfunny things. I couldn't stand it, it was so stupid!

  • Coxxie M


    haha yea thats exactly what the movie was.

  • Ken S


    Way better than it has any right to be.

  • Lafe F


    Very dumb. I didn't laugh very much.

  • Dillon L


    Incredibly inept even for a kids movie.

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