The Ringer
The Ringer
PG-13 | 23 December 2005 (USA)
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Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

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OneEightNine Media

I'm not sure why but I thought this was going to be better than it was. The film is about a guy who pretends to be disabled so he can compete in the special Olympics and whatever, you already know the plot. Stand out things are the fact actual handicap people star in the film as well as some heartfelt moments. However the reason you should not spend time watching this is because it is never really funny and devoid of big laughs.

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tanja_anka

Good movies are great, bad movies are often still very entertaining, but this movie is absolutely horrible. Acting of the main character: the worst. Storyline: really bad.But really, the acting skills of the main character made switch off the movie before it ended (a first!)I just couldn't take it anymore.

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Miss Naughtia

This movie was fun to watch. Johnny Knoxville is hilarious and there were a lot of funny scenes. I don't know what it is about Johnny, but he can look pretty (sorry for the use of words) retarded at times.This is a story about a man who sinks very low in his life and finds himself in economical difficulties. To get out of these difficulties he plans to rig the special Olympics by entering the competition himself. He then discovers that he needs more training in order to beat his competitors.I usually don't think very highly of Knoxville movies but this one was indeed very watchable.

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insomniac_rod

I really didn't expect much from this movie because to be honest, I didn't her about it until a few weeks ago.So I thought, "it's a Johnny Knoxville film from 2005 that apparently only a few watched....".Well, on a Sunday afternoon I decided to give it a chance and it wasn't by any means a letdown. It's a very inventive black comedy filled with plenty of irreverence, some jokes that may be too much for the easily offended, and funny representations of how special athletes perform.The acting is pretty funny specially by Knoxville who relies his acting skills oh physical comedy.The rest of the cast performs really well and is as funny as the lead actor. Also, the very last scene that deals with a weird dancing is the highlight of the film.Recommended for those who enjoy black comedy.

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