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J.R. Jones of the Chicago Reader said "As the title of this splatter comedy by writer-director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) indicates, [Tom]'s like a bug stuck to her windshield, and that's about the level of humanity and insight one can expect here." [10] The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.
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Biggs died after two days stuck in Mallard’s windshield, and she was sentenced to fifty years in prison. Brandi is an overworked nursing assistant in an old folks’ home. One night she hits a homeless man named Tom with her car–he crashes through the windshield and remains stuck with his head and torso inside the car and his legs on the hood.
The front part that hits the windshield stops. Everything else keeps going. And the windshield also exerts force against the bug (F= mass * velocity). The mass of the car is...rather large to that of a bug. The exoskeleton can withstand a certain amount of force. This force is 1000 times bigger (at least). So the exoskeleton shatters and the ...
Stuck is loosely based on a 2001 incident in which a woman hit a homeless man with her car. After the impact, he became stuck in her windshield. She drove home, parked the car in her garage, and did not call authorities. He died two hours later and the body was disposed of by a male friend.
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Oct 14, 2008 · The force of the impact sent Biggs through the car’s front windshield lodging him there. The man did not die instantly. Being intoxicated, Mallard decided against taking the man to a hospital or calling the police. Instead, she drove her car home and parked it inside her garage. Biggs was still alive and still stuck in the windshield.
May 30, 2008 · Stuck is a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds collide when Brandi, driving home from a club after too many drinks and pills, accidentally hits Tom, the impact smashing his body head-first through her car’s ...
