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46 out of 100

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5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

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  • 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 Special Olympics. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 29
  3. Negative: 8 out of 29
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    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.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Simon Braund
    60
    As with "Stuck On You," this is proof that when the Farrellys are involved (even as mere producers), ribald yet humane comedy can be mined from the most potentially offensive sources.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    38
    Instead of watching a professional actor pretending to be intellectually disabled, we're watching a jackass pretending to be a dimwit pretending to be intellectually disabled.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. RobertC.
    9
    Clearly this is a film which produces strong reactions. I thought it was jaw droppingly brilliant and funny. I could have done without the sentimental epilogue but the US seems to like that sort of thing and they made it. I thought the girl was a dish - where has she been all my life? Sadly the enormous cinema inLleicester square where I saw it was empty. Pity.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TylerD.
    9
    The Ringer worked surprisingly well. Johnny Knoxville actually makes fun of himself rather than than the handicapped, which I'm sure many of you thought wasn't going to happen. Many of the funny parts come from the handicapped making fun of Knoxville, like the part "When the F*** did we get ice cream!?". The handicapped definitely outsmart the non-handicapped in this laugh-out-loud comedy.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DJAnthony
    2
    I went expecting a comedy. What I got was a mostly insipid love story. Yawn!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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