Stuck
THINKFilm | Release Date: May 30, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It's a righteously nasty piece of work, and a rare example of a movie that traffics in B-movie grime without a trace of "Grindhouse"-style self-consciousness. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMatthew Sorrento
A fresh and rewarding take on cinematic terror. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Stuart Gordon, the mostly under-the-radar director of "Re-Animator," pops back into view with this amusing trifle -- a piece of scuzzy tabloid noir. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A drum-tight, extremely grisly thriller. And odd as it may sound given the subject matter, it's also surprisingly funny. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Rea, with his hangdog looks and Jimmy Stewart line readings, spends a good deal of his time writhing in fake blood and broken shards - not what you'd call glamorous work, but he does it with conviction. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Unlike the worthless torture porn that is destroying the genre, Stuck is a horror movie with a reason for being. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Ingeniously nasty and often shockingly funny as it incrementally worsens a very bad situation, then provides a potent payoff with the forced feeding of just desserts. Read full review
70
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Stuck is both darkly comic and disgusting; the name alone reduces the crime to a sick joke. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Stuck, while not strictly a horror film, is steeped in gore and carries a seam of mocking gallows humor as relentless as that of "Sweeney Todd." Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Suvari's increasingly loopy and cruel selfishness is its own nifty moral suspense, while Rea's sad sack vibe -- he already looks like a collision victim in the pre-accident scenes -- is a bleakly amusing counterpoint to his gritty refusal to go quietly. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
These people can behave well or poorly, but they were already bugs on the windshield of life before their unhappy collision. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Laugh? Cry? I thought I'd die, but then that's the genius of Gordon. Read full review
65
NPRBob Mondello
Stuart Gordon's inventions -- vivid, gruesome and occasionally quite funny -- offer a just-deserts ending and make both characters surprisingly active participants in their fates. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
This is not enjoyable entertainment, but it is brutally watchable. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Mena Suvari has her best role since "American Beauty" as Brandi, a self-centered nursing home employee distinctly lacking in sympathy for anyone. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
There are times when it is bitingly funny and times when its bloodiness can cause a wince and a shudder - but director Stuart Gordon is not adept at blending the two extremes into a cohesive whole. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
A taut drama that manages to be thoughtful without forgetting it's a creep-out. Read full review
58
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Thanks to Suvari, audiences laugh nervously at the mortification of soul and flesh, but she doesn't really do them much of a favor. She simply keeps them watching as a would-be gross-out comedy turns into would-be gross-out tragedy. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
The film becomes an aria of agony--but with a rousingly yucko finish! Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
At its best, Gordon's work is bracing and pointed, though it's not for the queasy. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Gordon made similar lurches all over the map in his previous exercise in grotesquerie, "Edmond," which was based on a David Mamet play and starred William H. Macy as, of all things, a racist misogynist on a grisly bender. Stuck could have used some of that outrageousness. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Unfortunately, the film loses its merciless rage toward the end, devolving into a stock and broadly comic thriller about unpleasant people you never quite get to know. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, Karl Marx said. That might explain the possibility of even making a movie such as Stuck. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
As the title of this splatter comedy by writer-director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) indicates, he's like a bug stuck to her windshield, and that's about the level of humanity and insight one can expect here. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
The question is why the time, talent and treasure of such energetic and even gifted artists have been marshaled in such a disgusting and trivial genre exercise and what viewers are supposed to get out of it. Isn't life hard enough? Read full review
More From This Movie

61 Critic Reviews

5.7 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL