Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		2.0
Audio		3.0
Extras		2.5
Overall		2.0

Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Brian Orndorf January 25, 2022

Everything changed for Troma Entertainment in 1984, with the release of “The Toxic Avenger” providing the company with a hit they could call their own, leading the way to a new direction in low-budget exploitation moviemaking, featuring strange monsters, gross-out comedy, and a whole lot of noise. Before Toxie, there was Troma Entertainment, creators of “sexy comedies,” trying to make a small fortune with nudity-laden endeavors that cranked up wackiness to best attract ticket-buyers. 1982’s “Stuck on You” at least makes some effort to be about something more than a random assortment of jokes, taking on the world of palimony suits, recalling the decline of a relationship that was seemingly doomed from the start, with co- directors Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz laboring to blend legal world woes with a time-traveling tale. And there’s plenty of time devoted to Troma’s love of the absurd.

Carol (Virginia Penta) and Bill (Mark Mikulski) are breaking up, bringing their woes to a courtroom for Judge Gabriel (Irwin Corey) to help manage. Trying to talk some sense into the couple, Judge Gabriel listens to the details of their initial courtship and living experience, offering lessons from the past to help the pair deal with their growing hostility toward each other.

“Stuck on You” is certainly one of Troma’s more professional productions, working with a defined subject matter and a game cast. However, the promise for a premise isn’t entirely kept, as time in a courtroom learning about cohabitation troubles is routinely set aside for comedic trips into history and fantasy, as Judge Gabriel walks the warring couple through disruptive relationships from the past. There’s Adam and Eve, Christopher Columbus, barbarians, and Napoleon, with the latter offering “Stuck on You” a chance to play in Mel Brooks’s sandbox as a fart game breaks out.

A little dramatic thought is something for Troma, and they work to make “Stuck on You” eventful, mostly pursuing Bill’s employment at a chicken farm, where he’s trying to find success as an inventor. Perhaps the movie’s most inspired moment arrives when Bill is tasked with revving up chicken sex drives, showing the caged creatures the hot porno, “Deep Cluck.” Just the thought of Kaufman and Herz spending a day dressing up chicken in lingerie and S&M gear is good for a laugh, offering a reminder just how far the production is willing to go to land some silliness.

Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation struggles with Troma's poor encoding, keeping grain blocky throughout the viewing experience. Detail is soft with skin surfaces and gross-out visuals, and costuming isn't fibrous. Colors provide some punch, with period outfits and strong makeup application supplying brighter primaries. Source shows signs of wear and tear at times, exposing a few significant points of damage along the way.

Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The 2.0 Dolby Digital mix secures a basic understanding of dialogue exchanges, handling the feature's love of yelling matches reasonably well, without much fuzziness. Soundtrack selections aren't powerful, delivering mild support at times, with decent instrumentation.

Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Listed on the back cover are "Adhesive Interviews with Troma's Alumni" and "Pin Up Photo Gallery," but these supplements aren't included on the disc.

• Intro (1:41, HD) returns to Troma Entertainment honcho Lloyd Kaufman in the bushes, where he declares "Stuck on You" the company's best comedy and discusses how poorly the palimony plot has aged.

• Commentary features co-writer/director Lloyd Kaufman.

• "Jealous of Troma Now" (1:10, HD) is a short commercial for Lloyd Kaufman's streaming service.

• And a Theatrical Trailer (3:55, SD) is included.

Stuck on You! Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

As with most Troma endeavors, "Stuck on You" is all over the place, with farcical intentions slipping into pure chaos one too many times. Randomness doesn't fit here, as the story seems perfectly open for a comedic inspection of relationship realities, watching as Bill and Carol really get a good, long look at the challenges of a long-term relationship. Focus isn't a Kaufman/Herz specialty, leaving the bulk of "Stuck on You" to weird gags (including a lengthy study of tight jeans) and traditional Troma nonsense.