Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

triggs-74174 Don't waste your time. Go take a nap instead! The characters were not believable. The story line was terrible.

Robert Thorpe Stuck is just what the Dr ordered for those sick of the politically correct Hollywood films. Stephen Rea and Mena Suvari are in top form in this over the top delightfully deranged thriller about a woman who hits a bum on the day she heard that she is up for a promotion and instead of doing the right thing she slides down the path of self destruction. Not to be outdone is Russell Hornsby who is the smooth talking drug dealer who is on top of his game as the big cheese crime lord wanna be. When confronted with actually committing a real crime the laughs come at just the right time played perfectly. An absolute must see for independent movies. A wild ride.

Gridire When I read the summary for this, I thought Stuck sounded intriguing and an interesting display of the human capacity to do evil. But as I sat myself down to engross myself in this movie, which is based on a gruesome true story, I was left disappointed. By no stretch of the imagination is this movie compelling or a social commentary to any degree. I'll preface by saying I am not a fan of anyone involved with the film and have no existing bias for or against the actors, producers or directors associated to the film.Apart from the four main actors, who often flicker between passable and unbelievable in their respective performances, all supporting roles are terrible save for one or two. I understand we're being presented with characters who are supposed to reflect how harsh and unsympathetic our society can be with characters who reflect that (with the cops, a landlord and later a Hispanic man) but their acting is almost cringe worthy at times. There's an especially taxing part with a gay man later in the movie who is so obnoxiously stereotypical, I damn near felt offended for the LGBT community. Further, his presence in the movie is entirely pointless except to pad the movie out further and is briefly associated with a gore scare of sorts.The underlying problem with this movie, beyond some acting, is the writing. It starts out promisingly enough, with Brandi on the brink of promotion but still in a phase of her life where she's making mistakes. She seems relatable at first, but this slowly becomes less believable as the story progresses. Alternatively, we have Thomas who's struggling to get work and support himself, then forced into the life of a bum. When she hits Tom with her car she is drunk and high on ecstasy and ultimately unwilling to bring the man to the hospital in fear of her job (at an extended care nursing home); which is understandable, but the way she continues to react to it becomes increasingly ridiculous as the man barely clings to life with sheer will power. The lack of empathy she seems to portray in some scenes can be downright confusing, especially as a nurse. I think this is to further push the "good people do bad things" theme but it becomes contrived and your ability to suspend your sense of disbelief wears considerably thin.Brandi's motivations in the later part of the film are also confusing, bordering on sociopathic. The way she reacts to certain scenarios left a bitter taste in my mouth for all the wrong reasons. A character even points this out later on, which only served to take me out of the film even more. For the rest of the writing, it feels as though much of the dialogue isn't written to actually progress the story as it is meant to. It feels padded and extended in multiple parts with little more reason than increasing the run time or trying to suggest how awful some characters are. You'll find this comes off as tedious in the more obvious moments and annoying in the subtler ones.This movie is categorized as a thriller, but I don't think it's very well played out. Considering the plot of the movie, I never felt very paranoid for the characters except for one moment in the later part of the film. If you want to be one the edge of your seat, avoid this title; you will undeniably be disappointed. This movie does better in the gore aspect, though it isn't particularity well done (but unsurprisingly due to the budget and B-movie feel in general). A few parts in the movie did gross me out, but never anything to twist my stomach around too much (there's also a gross out at the beginning that isn't gory, but still intended to be disgusting). Stuck does much better as a drama and comedy with a sort of dark humour mixed in. Even if you're uninvolved in the story, it might still get a laugh or two out of you.Overall, this movie will leave you feeling like it could have been so much more, but failed to reach its real potential. There's nothing ground breaking or truly shocking about the film which is a damn shame. This movie really could have gone somewhere, but the way it presents itself in the end is a letdown to anyone expecting anything beyond the mediocre. I'd also like to make note that the film's ending isn't particularly well done and may leave you unhappy with its conclusion if you had any degree of investment in the plot or its characters. And honestly, if you were, that's pretty impressive in and of itself.I don't explicitly dislike this title, but approaching it with the right expectations is ultimately the key here. If you want something gripping and imaginative, you'll leave it feeling disappointed and unengaged. It's a good, somewhat gross, movie to kick back and relax to with some friends for a casual experience at its best.I'd also like to note the odd casting choice of Mena Suvari as Brandi. While the cornrows and makeup deck her out so she appears African American, there are several instances in the movie when you can clearly tell she is white (especially with her brightly coloured eyes). It's not bad and she does well in the role with what she has to work with, but if you're the type that notices those kinds of details, it may take you out of the experience. To note, however, in order to receive funding for the film, they were forced to cast a white lead via request by the studio (despite the role having been written for a non-white lead).

felixoteiza I saw this DVD in the Library and I took it home just because I saw Suvari in the cover. I liked her in AB so I wanted to see her again. The fact that I read there about this being a "darkly humorous" thriller also helped. But I got more than I had bargained for--and I'm not even referring to that dandy bed scene of the beginning. For starters, there's nothing funny here, despite what the DVD cover says--and yet I couldn't help but LOL at some shocking scenes; like for ex. when Brandi hits Tom in the head with a rod or log, to make him stop honking the car. This is actually a sad, tragic, story; but mostly a psychological thriller, or a psychological study, about people put in unexpected, dramatic, even tragic, dilemmas and how they react to it.An overworked, X-gulping nurse and party girl hits with her car an OOW Project Manager and takes him home, stuck in her windshield. There she tries to get rid of him, with the help of her drug pusher boyfriend. That's the story. Great acting by Suvari, who carries the flick on her shoulders–-with much help from her firm, expressive, facial features--as Rea (as the PM) doesn't have much to do but to suffer all kind of ignominies, and put the sad eyes of a battered dog, while Hornsby acts, rather overacts, portraying every ugly stereotype about his people (I've always wondered why people do that--are you listening, De Niro?). The cinematography's decent, so the pacing & editing. But this is a action driven flick, so we'll stay mostly focused on the going ons, neglecting much of the rest. I don't even recall if there was some musical score, which I guess helps making my point.The central idea in the film is how a human being, any human being, can go from doing the most selfless, caring, acts to commit the most heinous crimes without fundamentally changing characters, remaining the same person, as long as he/she finds a justification for the deed. (a truth that could be applied also to good, nice Germans exterminating entire populations "for the good of the nation"). I'm sure that if Brandi had gotten away with her plan to burn the garage and get rid of both men she would have been next day at her job, providing her loving care to her patients, as she strongly felt that was her calling in life. So, there is no character change in her in the film. Until the moment when, pinned by her car, she tries to shoot dead Bardo she is still the devoted nurse of the beginning. That's her calling, how she sees herself and for that reason she clings to the idea of staying the course no matter what. She sees the accident as an irritant rather than as a tragedy, which threatens her apostolate and that's why she indignantly screams to Bardo "Why are you doing this to me?". The fact is, she sees herself as doing much good for others to tolerate to be interrupted, specially by as someone worthless as him. It isn't the money what interest her-she mentions it to Rashid only to get into his wavelength--but her promotion to greater responsibility in her Earthly mission, even if it means taking a heavier workload. (remember her joy when writing her expected assignment on a paper.) Good concept; good development. Not that Stuck is flawless. In fact I see two flaws in the plot, having to do both with the male characters. First, Bardo. He says he's a PM, but he doesn't have a clue. He has been two years out of work and he isn't even in the computer. Granted, such a thing may occur to all of us, but usually when you have just entered the system, or shortly after, not years later. At this point he should have been on first name basis with employees in the UO; he should have become an habitué from the day he found himself OOW. Yet, years later he's still a stranger. How he spent all that time anyway? Then, even knowing that he's bound to be evicted anytime, he hasn't done the necessary arrangements for when the occasion arrive. He doesn't even know that he could go to a shelter for the homeless, which shows he didn't do any pertinent research; he didn't even inquire where he could go for help. So can you blame anyone for laying off such an inept PM? No wonder people see him as useless. The second flaw relates to Rashid. I don't understand why Brandi is his girlfriend, as there's nothing bringing them together. She could always pay for her X fix with sex, she didn't need to be his lover, even less cling to him to the point of violently expelling his other mistress from his apart.. My guess is, he was made his lover just to get him aboard; it was probably thought that she couldn't extort him into lending her a hand and if he was only her dealer. So, this is a plot contrivance; but, as there was no serious effort made to better justify or base their "relationship"-on common things for ex.-the weakness of the forced subplot appears all too clear (see how Brandi reacts seeing him dead: she tries to burn the body to incriminate Bardo!).Finally, I'll take back 1/2 point to get back at Gordon for giving me a moment of total disgust. Gordon: we DON'T NEED that eye candy to get it; we could have gotten it just as well if you had suggested what Mr. Binckley did on the bed, not shown it all in its unblemished glory & beauty. 6.5/10.BTW: an anonymous call to police wouldn't have helped the illegals, as they would have been interviewed anyway the moment Brandi's house is declared a CS.