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# Review Farrelly brothers sticking together, on best behavior
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/review-farrelly-brothers-sticking-together-on-best-behavior/
- Published: 2003-12-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:19:30.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

From the guys who brought us “There’s Something About Mary” and “Dumb And Dumber” comes a film that redefines the term “double feature.” Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear share the marquee as conjoined twins Bob and Walt Tenor in the Farrelly brothers’ latest twisted comedy, “Stuck On You.” While it isn’t the writing-directing duo’s best effort, the film contains several laugh-out-loud moments and some surprisingly deft comedic performances (who knew Damon was such a joker?). Though replete with the Farrelly’s trademark outlandish characters and absurd situations, “Stuck On You” is appreciably short on the gross-out humor and political incorrectness so prevalent in much of their previous work. This is the Farrellys on their best behavior, which some will no doubt find refreshing, others slightly disappointing.

The Tenor brothers are literally joined at the hip, but that hasn’t stopped them from excelling in sports, romance and business on Martha’s Vineyard, where they own and operate a successful burger joint. Certain he has the acting chops to be a star, the uber-confident Walt (Kinnear) convinces his brother to head west to Hollywood. There, they befriend a sexy neighbor (Eva Mendes), Walt lands a septuagenarian agent (a hilarious Seymour Cassel) who sends him to auditions for porn films, and Bob finally meets his longtime Internet girlfriend May Fong (Wen Yann Shih), who had no idea he’s a conjoined twin. Academy Award-winners Cher and Meryl Streep make extended cameo appearances as themselves (Streep is uncredited), and prove quite adept at self-deprecating humor. Cher, in particular, generates lots of laughs poking fun at her diva persona.

Kinnear and Damon are well-cast as, respectively, the dreamer and the pragmatist. Not only are they convincing brothers, they rise to the many physical challenges posed in working so closely together. The Farrellys clearly went our of their way to avoid making the Tenors and their condition the direct butt of any jokes, with mixed results. The kid gloves approach ensures nobody gets hurt, but it also serves to soften the blow of the comedic spitballs they fire our way. All in all, however, this is another solid offering from Hollywood’s crown princes of irreverent comedy. (Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some language. Running time: 128 minutes)

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*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 12, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)