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  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

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...

Directed By: Barry W. Blaustein

Written By: Ricky Blitt

  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

The Ringer

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
46
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 24 User Ratings
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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...

Directed By: Barry W. Blaustein

Written By: Ricky Blitt

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
46
31% Positive
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
12 Reviews
28% Negative
8 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
46
31% Positive
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
12 Reviews
28% Negative
8 Reviews

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75
The movie's shockingly tasteless setup is also its secret weapon. Despite many scenes in The Ringer that could individually be viewed as politically incorrect, audiences will be laughing with the athletes most of the time.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Luke Y. Thompson FULL REVIEW
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.
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50
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."
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40
An uncomfortable intermingling of message movie and gross-out comedy, a sporadically funny vehicle that indicts its audience for laughing.
By Akiva Gottlieb FULL REVIEW
30
A flimsy setup dooms this from the start, though its sheer awfulness is something to see.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
0
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.
By Pete Vonder Haar FULL REVIEW

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5.7
25% Positive
6 Ratings
63% Mixed
15 Ratings
13% Negative
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63% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Conundrum Entertainment, Major Studio Partners
Release Date Dec 23, 2005
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Only a jackass would fix the Special Olympics
Website http://www.foxsearchlight.com/theringer/
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Awards

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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