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

Most films eventually s$%# the bed by the third act. This one does, literally, in the first five minutes. . . Intrigued? I'll press on. Stuck is the story of two polar opposite characters that find themselves at odds with each other through a random and cruel series of events. Based on a true story from Fort Worth, TX sometime in the early '00s, screenwriter John Strysik and director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond) rip this bizarre true crime from the headlines and build a unique yin & yang of character and motivation, examined through angles of compassion (lack thereof) and macabre violence. Stuart Gordon has never been more on top of his game.First we meet Brandi Boski (played by Mena Suvari, looking hilarious in cornrows). She works as an R.N. for a convalescent home. The opening credit sequence (perhaps my favorite in recent memory) hilariously juxtaposes the sad reality of a sterile care facility for the elderly, with an abrasive hiphop soundtrack underneath and an animated title graphic. I am immediately won over and ready to be entertained and enlightened. Brandi learns she is a front runner for a promotion, suspiciously, as she's asked to work on a Saturday by her boss (played by Nurse Ratchet). Then we are introduced to Thomas Bardo (interesting factoid: the name Bardo was chosen as the Buddhist term for "intermediate or transitional state of being"), a down on his luck unemployed middle aged man who is carelessly thrown out of his temporary housing having run out of unemployment benefits. Now homeless, he is prowling the same street Brandi is careening down in an inebriated state, celebrating her potential promotion. Thomas is impaled through Brandi's windshield as she drives home (miles away) and parks him in her garage while he bleeds out. Fairly quickly the film puts us in a hopeless position and from the get- go things consistently get worse, for everyone. What do they say about comedy? Tragedy plus time. Tragically, we're in real time and the laughs hit hard and to the bone (like the windshield wiper in Bardo's gut). The humor acts as a coping mechanism for the unrelenting s%^$ storm that blows across the screen. It's nervous laughter, really. Why doesn't Brandi take the injured man to a hospital? Each decision she makes is the wrong one, made out of self preservation. She really wants that promotion, and an extra couple of dollars an hour is worth the blood on her hands (and in her car). After a series of agonizing attempts to free himself, the conclusion is satisfying and awesomely unfaithful to the real event the film was based on. We have to keep championing these tight, clever little movies. I think this film made something like 8 dollars upon it's Blockbuster exclusive DVD release, whereas the flavorless and over-budget umpteenth Godzilla remake is on its way to making over a billion. It is Stuart Gordon's last film and that could be why. He should have made three more by now if you ask me. Let's pay more attention to the nooks and crannies, and hopefully we won't get STUCK!-Aaron Sausedo

Brandi works as a nurse and is about to receive a promotion but after returning from a drunken night she hit's a man crossing the street. He remains on the car hood and being afraid she takes him home in garage. Now she will do anything to conceal the accident, more than that, with the help of her boyfriend wants to get rid of the victim but things take an unexpected turn. Is a weak film, I do not understand how those neighbors who saw him covered in blood did nothing to help, have not called anyone if they were afraid to call the authorities to the risk of being deported. Man hit by car seems to have both feet broken somehow managed to keep right up to the end of the movie.Why Brandi did not help, especially after he said he would take all the blame on him and it will not be held answered in any way. Her answer was short: "I do not know." I wish the film to be stuck after 20 minutes.

What I do like about this movie is the sensitivity with which it portrays plight of people. A jobless man, a day-care nurse, a drug dealer and their interaction with each other, how they block out their feelings towards others, is portrayed skillfully - this partly makes up for flaws in the script. What I don't like about this movie is its confused script. There are many a seen which didn't make sense and fit in. Based on an implausible mishap - the movie drags on and on to a shocking climax. Mena Suvari is nothing like the innocent teenager in The American Beauty, Stephen Rea is good as a jobless destitute.