The Stupids (film)

The Stupids
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Landis
Written by	Brent Forrester
Based on	The Stupids by James Marshall Harry Allard
Produced by	Leslie Belzberg
Starring	Tom Arnold Jessica Lundy Bug Hall Alex McKenna Mark Metcalf Matt Keeslar Christopher Lee
Cinematography	Manfred Guthe
Edited by	Dale Beldin
Music by	Christopher Stone
Production company	Savoy Pictures
Distributed by	New Line Cinema (United States) Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date	August 30, 1996 (1996-08-30)
Running time	94 minutes[1]
Countries	Canada United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$3.4 million (US/UK)

The Stupids is a 1996 adventure comedy film starring Tom Arnold and directed by John Landis. It is based on The Stupids, characters from a series of books written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall.

The film follows the fictional family, the Stupids, with a last name synonymous with their behavior. The story begins with patriarch Stanley Stupid believing "sender" from letters marked "return to sender" is a wicked man planning a conspiracy. Adding several misunderstandings, they unwittingly save the world from military chaos, while believing a fake story about a fictional man named Sender and his plot to confiscate everyone's mail and garbage.