The Ringer

Name: The Ringer
Genre: Sport, Comedy
Released: December 23, 2005
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Brian Cox, Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 23, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Brian Cox, Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl

Summary: This fearless comedy from producers The Farrelly Brothers asks the question: can a comedy be outlandishly off-the-wall, irreverently indelicate and yet...inspirational? The Ringer spikes the uproarious with the uplifting in a story about an ordinary man who discovers what it truly means to be special when he attempts to "fix" the SpecialThis fearless comedy from producers The Farrelly Brothers asks the question: can a comedy be outlandishly off-the-wall, irreverently indelicate and yet...inspirational? The Ringer spikes the uproarious with the uplifting in a story about an ordinary man who discovers what it truly means to be special when he attempts to "fix" the Special Olympics. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)… Expand

Director: Barry W. Blaustein

Genre(s): Sport, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 94 min

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Roger Ebert

The movie surprised me. It treats its disabled characters with affection and respect, it has a plot that uses the Special Olympics instead of misusing them, and it's actually kind of sweet. Read full review

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

These guys are laugh-out-loud funny, not because they're being belittled, but because they're finally getting a chance to show a sense of humor onscreen. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

If the movie were as funny as it is well-meaning, this would be one for the ages. Read full review

Kate Taylor

The Ringer is a movie whose good intentions shine a lot brighter than its art. Read full review

Nathan Lee

At the sweet heart of this silly film is a determination to upend the clichés and assumptions applied to the population we condescendingly label "special." Read full review

Akiva Gottlieb

An uncomfortable intermingling of message movie and gross-out comedy, a sporadically funny vehicle that indicts its audience for laughing. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

The Ringer is astoundingly craptastic not because the handicapped are handled poorly (though if they were paid more than union scale I'd be surprised), but because it's one of the most singularly unfunny films ever made. Read full review

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MaryR.

Dec 25, 2005

Very sweet and funny. Except for some occasional crude humor, it is a good family movie so that kids can see that mentally challenged people are no different -- they love and laugh just like everyone else.