It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I cannot believe that the film is getting lots of positive reviews on this site!!!! This film should'be been aborted!!!! This film is such an abomination!!!!! Literally the worst film! The acting itself was a complete disaster!! This film is not funny at all!!!! I feel as if 1/10 is a bit too much for this film. I do not understand how people could stomach through this garbage. I'd rather sit through traffic than to have to watch that horrible film again. At least then I wouldn't have to listen to Tom Arnold's career plummet through the toilet. The Stupids was a major box office failure, grossing just $2,491,989 from an estimated $25 million budget.

I haven't read a single other review of this film. That is next on my list of things to do. But I will say that this silly movie in uncannily funny. The credit goes equally to the four principal characters. If you like this movie it will be because you can appreciate when great actors can make the most trite comic premise work.The movies is simply about a middle class family whose every member is dumber than a dog. They are on a quest to find out who steals their garbage regularly (sanitation engineers of course) and from there it proceeds and succeeds.For example my favorite bit is when Tom Arnold reenters his car from the passenger side and concludes that he can no longer drive the car as the ignition and steering wheel are no longer in his direct line of sight ( or something like that).Honestly, this thing is funny and Tom Arnold is a funny guy.

I took my son to see this with every intention of watching a completely goofy movie since we love other titles such as The Jerk, Airplane, etc. However, we couldn't sit through more than ten minutes before getting up and leaving the theater, fore-fitting our admission cost and all. It was just TOO stupid, so stupid that my brain was starting to hurt. So, despite the fact that 10 minutes isn't enough to give it a fair assessment, I think leaving a moving after only 10 minutes is a testimony of its own. I may see if I can find this on Netflix to see if my 15 year old memories of it are still accurate. And it may be worth the time to get some Mystery Science Theater style entertainment out of this train-wreck.

Stanley Stupid (Tom Arnold) and his wife, Joan, like to sleep in bed with their heads under the covers and their feet on the pillows. They have two equally challenged children, Buster and Petunia. One day, Mr. Stupid notices their garbage is gone again....there must be someone stealing it from the curb. He goes off in roller blades after the garbage truck. When he finally gets to the dump, he is startled to learn not only that "other folks garbage" has been stolen, too, but that there is a secret organization meeting at the landfill. He is determined to defeat the garbage nappers of the world, it seems. Meanwhile, Petunia and Buster visit the police station and a Chinese restaurant in search of their parents, for Joan comes up missing, too. Will they bumble their way through their problems? This is just a stupid, stupid movie, with the culprit being the terrible script. The books by Allard and Marshall are hysterical and only a couple of situations from the books ends up in this film. Arnold is actually quite nice as Mr. Stupid and the other cast members try very, very hard to make the film work. The production values are very high, with the dog and cat belonging to the Stupids adding a little oomph to the film. But, it is all for naught, as the plot is wandering and weak. Perhaps, someday, someone will take another stab at translating the very funny Allard books to the big screen. Therefore, if you love to laugh, rent something else while you await a new production and, by all means, go get the books, too. But, stay away from being stupid yourself, as anyone who watches this movie to the end could hardly be called intelligent.