Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- gallows humor
- tense
- late night horror viewing
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film taut, grisly, and ingeniously darkly comic, praising its heightened treatment of a tragic accident.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Brandi's hit-and-run concealment and Tom's desperate predicament are treated with bleak, sustained comic irony.
The car accident, concealment attempts, and escalating panic unfold with a tawdry, deliberately amplified B-movie sensibility.
Tom remains trapped in the windshield, with the film emphasizing his prolonged bleeding and grisly physical suffering.
Brandi's decision to avoid seeking help transforms an accidental collision into an escalating criminal crisis.
Films like Stuck, and why
Edmond
shared black comedy, grisly bodily peril, and heightened genre tone
Re-Animator
shared splatter sensibility, grotesque humor, and transgressive horror-comedy
Very Bad Things
shared darkly comic crime premise and escalating moral catastrophe
Shallow Grave
shared claustrophobic thriller tension and ordinary people trapped by criminal consequences
Movie Details
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Release Date
- 2007-05-21
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (203)
Cast
- Stephen Rea
- Mena Suvari
- Russell Hornsby
- Rukiya Bernard
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
- Lionel Mark Smith
- Wayne Robson
- R.D. Reid
- Patrick McKenna
- Sharlene Royer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Cineverse
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Stuck about?
- A drug-fueled hit-and-run becomes a grisly black-comic battle of survival when the injured victim remains trapped on the driver's windshield.
- What is Stuck like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Stuck as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Stuck violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Stuck as graphic.
- What did critics think of Stuck?
- Critics broadly found the film taut, grisly, and ingeniously darkly comic, praising its heightened treatment of a tragic accident.
- Which films are like Stuck?
- Films with a similar feel include Edmond, Re-Animator, Very Bad Things, and Shallow Grave.
- How long is Stuck?
- Stuck runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch Stuck?
- In United States, Stuck streams on Philo, Cineverse.
