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Roy Munson is a one-time bowling prodigy who has been reduced to scavenging for a living as a bowling supply salesman. Then he discovers a protege named Ishmael among the Amish of Pennsylvania Dutch C...( read more 
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MCT:August 11, 2008For some reason I really like Kingpin. It has a creative and fun story plus acting that really isn't too bad at all.
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MCT:July 26, 2008Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) was once a gifted bowler until he lost his right hand in a 'accident'. Now 17 years later he wears a prosthetic hand and sells bowling supplies. In a bowling hall he meets Ishmael (Randy Quaid), a Amish man who is a natural born bowler. Roy convince Ishmael to compete in a professional bowling circuit in order to win a million dollars. "Kingpin" is another hilarious comedy by the Farrelly brothers with a good plot and many funny moments. Worth seeing, but not a complete 'strike'.
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MCT:July 12, 2008Hands down, best bowling movie of all time (The Big Lowbouski wasn't really about bowling, it just had it in it)
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MCT:July 9, 2008Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson star with others of note in a bowling comedy. Show way too many times on TV. It just isn't all that funny.
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MCT:March 11, 2008
This is one of those movies that I watched just because I could find nothing better, it turned out to be a great movie tho.
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MCT:March 9, 2008bored by 20 seconds! starting to get the urge to kill myself by 10 minutes! by 15 min I was ready to do it - until I realised I was able to stop watching
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MCT:February 3, 2008
Pending Review...
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MCT:January 26, 2008
Hilarious film that will give guaranteed laughs. Harrelson and Quaid are excellent together, and Bill Murray steals every scene he graces in one of his most underrated roles of all time.
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MCT:January 23, 2008
Well it is the brother ferrels that have done it and it is good. But not close to the best they have done
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MCT:January 12, 2008
I love this movie becaus it's funny and has heart. It's also totally uncomfortable which works for the Farrelly brothers. Randy Quaid is endearing, Vanessa "Goodbye, Slut!" Angel is a good sport and Woody Harrelson isn't all that irritating. Bill Murray is, though. I think this was a time in his career where he wasn't as smoking hot as he had been earlier or critically acclaimed as he would soon be.
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MCT:January 10, 2008
Washed-up pro bowler Woody Harrelson is so funny who grooms Amish farmboy Randy Quaid for the "big time" in Reno.
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MCT:January 7, 2008
great movie, some part of the movie are soo freaking hilarious. Bill Murray...what can I say, lol he's great!!!!
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MCT:December 21, 2007
The best of the Farrelly Brother movies. Screw Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber, or Shallow Hall. This, moment by moment is the funniest movie they've made so far.
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MCT:December 12, 2007
I thought this movie was hilarious, the Farrelly bros. do it again, making smashing good films that leave you peeing your pants laughing. Though I must say the one thing I love the most about the Farrelly bros. movies are the hilarious one-liners at the end of every film. Way to go boys, keep making great films
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MCT:December 2, 2007
ESPN Announcer: So Roy, where have you been for the last fifteen years?
Roy: Well, I uh, well, ya see, I uh... Drinking. Lot a drinking.
ESPN Announcer: I see. Well, are you still drinking?
Roy: No. I uh... I put... uh... Why, you buying?
From the directors of Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, this is probably the Farrely Brother's most underrated film. I say that because along with the goofy gross out humor in this movie, it has a great heart, with characters that develop and grow by the end of the film. I am mainly referring to Woody Harrelson. Between killing innocents in Natural Born Killers and sporting a prosthetic hook and a beer gut, the fact that he can humanize these characters is very impressive.
Harrelson stars as Roy Munson. He starts earlier in his life as a state champion bowler, with the whole world ahead of him. Enter Bill Murray as Big Earnie McCracken, a rival bowler and asshole. Big Ern gets Roy involved in a hustle scam gone wrong, resulting in the loss of Roy's hand.
17 years later, after much drinking and giving up on life, Roy encounters Ishmael, played by Randy Quaid. He is a young Amish man, who happens to be a good bowler. Roy sees this, and convinces him to go to Reno with him to compete in a bowling championship, with a first prize of one million dollars, which they will split down the middle. This is of course a convenient prize amount, because Ishmael's Amish community needs half a million to save their farm.
Along the way, the boys meet a hotty, Claudia played by Vanessa Angel, who will help them to make it to Reno through small time betting and scamming.
As goofy as the plot is, especially when turning to Ishmael's naive senses when experiencing the world for the first time, this movie is a very good character movie, with very good comic performances as well.
There are many gags throughout this movie, most of them work, some don't, and some come with a punchline much later in the film.
Next to Harrelson, you have Bill Murray who is only in the beginning and end, but everything he does is hysterical.
This movie even has a good soundtrack that moves along nicely with the scenes.
By the end of the movie, the conventions of a sports movie take hold, but in a way, they also don't, which is what makes me like this movie even more during the final ten minutes.
This is a very funny movie, with a funny cast, some gross-out humor, but still done in good spirit.
Roy: Thomas can raise a barn, but can he pick up a 7-10 split?
Ishmael: God blessed my brother to be a good carpenter. It's okay.
Roy: Yeah, well he blessed you, too, and I'll give you a hint what it is. It's round, has three holes, and you put your fingers into it.
Ishmael: You leave Rebecca out of this. -
MCT:November 28, 2007
Yet another film I was decieved about from watching a small amount of. In short not very interesting.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
"Who's done more research than the good people at the American Tobacco Industry? They say its harmless. Why would they lie? If you're dead, you can't smoke."
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MCT:September 18, 2007
some rather funny moments including the urinal scene plus Murray in fine form. Angel also has some nice bits...
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MCT:September 12, 2007
There are two things I tend to like in movies; toilet humour and inappropriateness and this one combines both. The plot is described as stupid and that's what it is (don't get me wrong I kinda like stupid). Laughs are derived from all kinds of dubious sources and its far better (in my opinion) than a lot of Bill Murray's recent offerings. Randy Quaid works very well as the stereo-typical Amish farmer. Probably not one for the PC brigade but hey doesn't that just make it all the better for the rest of us!
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MCT:September 6, 2007
A stupid movie that I actually enjoyed. It's a crazy one! & gross. That old lady with tounge creeps me out! Ha. but I couldn't stop laughing.
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