Johnny Knoxville, W Earl Brown, Brian Cox
When Steve Barker finds himself running dead last in the corporate rat race, he sinks to an all time low...he attempts to rig the Special Olympics by pretending to be intellectually challenged. But, B...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 16, 2006
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October 11, 2009I didn't know what to expect from this movie as it focuses on the Special Olympics. Steve sinks to an all time low by pretending to me mentally challenged to enter and win the Special Olympics. It has romance and comedy. It all comes good in the end.
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October 1, 2009It's touching moments and slight splashes of humour just about save this, otherwise, awful film. Its defence seems to be that instead of making fun of people with learning difficulties & the handicapped, it?s actually making fun of able bodied people but we all know that that's a...( read more)
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April 29, 2009Fucking hilarious saw it in vegas fucking lol'd my ass off when the "special" guy was like "i will definately bring protection" LOL hilarious movie johnny knoxville kicks ass. one of the funniest and uniquest comedies out there
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April 5, 2009Admittedly I only caught this one part way through it?s humour was certainly totally un-Pc, but this led to some pretty funny moments.
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November 20, 2009Actually, it's not as bad as it looks, could have been a perfectly "we laugh of retards" movie, but turned out as kinda sweet movie with some funny parts
It was incredibly predictable, that's a big fault
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Critic Reviews
January 6, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
December 27, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
You could make a very funny comedy about a guy who pretends to be retarded so he can win the Special Olympics, but The Ringer isn't it. full review
December 22, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Ringer could have been a better movie, but that would have depended more on the screenplay than the cast, which is effective and generates real affection. full review
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August 17, 2007A normal man goes to win race in a bunch of special people he acts like he is like them there is one beautiful girl but he can't tell her he is not disable. Good light funny movie.
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February 19, 2007I sooooo totally luv this movie! It is soooooo funny! If u don't like this movie thats just weird, cause its awesome!
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November 30, 2006This movie was stupid and lame. Why make a movie about playing retard. Bad movie
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November 25, 2006A brilliant attemtp to use a very serious subject and put it in a comedy film of all films but well thought about & a great job by Knoxville who's more known for slapstic stupid humour. And well done for using real ppl instead of just making loads of actors act something there not or could not possible know what that would be like unless they had suffered or gone through the same thing so ***** all round for a great film.
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June 18, 2006fuken awsum movie a bit mean 2 the disabled but it is funny i love johnny knoxville ahhh hes hot... saw it on a plane but i missed the ending iv gota get it owt sometime
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June 12, 2006Its so stupid cause its not even funny cause Johnny Knoxville is so stupid and he is not famous at all, I dont like the movie cause he makes so stupid anfd he thinks hes so funny
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June 11, 2006I really enjoyed this movie. It's a refreshing change to see Hollywood depict learning disabled people realistically.
It is of course not without historical prescident after all; at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000, Spain's learning disabled basketball team was found to consist of only 2 genuinely disabled competitors, the other 10 were "Ringers." A reference to this is glaringly missing from the film.
The other sad thing about this film is the irony. The film is about someone faking a learning impairment, yet of the 6 central athlete characters, only 2 of them are played by disabled actors. And it shows. The performances of "Thomas", "Winston", "Mark" and "Glen" are way over the top, and you can tell they're played by actors "spazzing up". It certainly shows in contrast to the naturalistic performances by the disabled actors.
Yet, despite the irony of having non-disabled actors "spazzing up", it was refreshing to see so many disabled actors in the supporting cast and as extras.
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