DVD | The Ringer

Rating: M - Contains offensive language and sexual references.
Duration: 94 mins.
Genre: Comedy.
Actors: Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Leonard Earl Howze, Johnny Knoxville, Edward Barbanell, Geoffrey Arend, Leonard Flowers, Zen Gessner, Bill Chott.
Release Date: Available Now.

Johnny Knoxville stars as Steve Barker, a guy who the world labels a loser, but really just has a huge heart for people. The real trouble is that he is easily lead astray, so when he desperately needs money to help out a friend, and his dastardly uncle (play brilliantly by Brian Cox) needs to sort out a gambling debt, that uncle convinces him to pretend to be mentally challenged so he can enter and fix the Special Olympics.

I wasn’t too impressed with the premise of this Farrelly Brothers movie; I mean the Farrelly Brothers don’t exactly have a track record of good taste. But I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It has plenty of heart as well as appropriate humour. In fact the Brothers go to great lengths to show just how appalling the whole idea is, and even go as far as giving the best on liners to the real athletes and in turn ends up being a source of strength for those special characters.

The end you won’t necessarily see coming, but is predictable and cheesy, and the movie as a whole is an uplifting riot of laughs and inspiration.

Food for thought:
Is doing wrong for a right cause ever right?

Rent or Buy?
I would imagine the jokes would get old real quick, so probably one viewing is enough. Rent it.