Screenplay:
Ricky BlittCinematography:
Mark IrwinComposer:
Mark MothersbaughCast:
Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Geoffrey Arend, Edward Barbanell, Zen Gesner, Mike Cerrone, John Rothman, Jesse Ventura (more)VOD (2)
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Pressured by a greedy uncle (Brian Cox) and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker (Knoxville) 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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Unfortunately, not a very good comedy. It's as if the authors were afraid that if they made fun of the disabled, people would stone them. So instead of a cracking comedy, The Ringer is a classic story about a guy who "wakes up and discovers himself." The jokes are few, the good ones even fewer, but Johnny Knoxville and especially Brian Cox are very fine. It's not very funny, though.
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Johnny Knoxville can do better. The Ringer is very down-to-earth in terms of humour, considering the material is working with. It's full of retards all around and, world wonder, the creators don't go for the throat with the humour, on the contrary they make fun of no one, they don't mock anyone and the whole thing doesn't seem to have the courage or balls to step outside the field of formal correctness. In the end, then, it is a comedy poor in jokes that tells the story in a way, but doesn't make anyone laugh significantly, and that's a mistake. Champions was far more open in this regard, entertained more, and also hit the viewer more skillfully in terms of story and acting.
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