The Ringer was an ok movie just a movie you would never think Johnny Knoxville would be in. Johnny Knoxville plays a guy called Steve who is trying to raise money for surgery to re-attach his gardener's fingers which is $40,000. Also his uncle owes $40,000 because of gambling.
So Now Steve (Johnny Knoxville) enters the special Olympics and fix the composition. Now when Steve enters ... read more
Description:Peter and Bobby Farrelly have always expressed an especially warm but unsentimental attitude in their films toward those with disabilities, most notably in THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and SHALLOW HAL. THE RINGER, which they produced (but neither wrote nor directed), takes this trait to feverish new heights. JACKASS-cum-leading man stPeter and Bobby Farrelly have always expressed an especially warm but unsentimental attitude in their films toward those with disabilities, most notably in THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and SHALLOW HAL. THE RINGER, which they produced (but neither wrote nor directed), takes this trait to feverish new heights. JACKASS-cum-leading man stars Johnny Knoxville as office schmo Steve Barker, whose request for more responsibility at his job indirectly results in the severing of four fingers from the hand of Stavi, the mild-mannered office janitor. When Steve requests financial help from his morally-questionable gambling addict Uncle Gary (Brian Cox), Stevie finds himself posing as "Jeffy" an athlete in the Special Olympics whose victory against track champion Jimmy (Leonard Flowers) could spell an end to Uncle Gary's debts and the reattaching of Stavi's fingers. Though a basic description of its premise would make most viewers cry foul, THE RINGER skirts the obvious charge of exploitation by making the mentally challenged characters the only ones to realize that Steve is only acting handicapped. Steve's fellow Olympians are cast with a combination of veteran character actors and real-life former Special Olympians (most notably Edward Barbanell, John Taylor, and Leonard Flowers) who, while lending the film authenticity, also spark with comic timing and the true joy of being on camera. Knoxville once again makes an affable hero, and Ricky Blitt's screenplay, while crass by nature, keeps true vulgarity at bay in favor of a good nature that makes simplicity an asset.
"This movie would have been great with the right actor. I appreciate the risk with picking Knoxville, since he's wild and a new guy on the scene, but he failed."
"Johnny Knoxville
I blame this disappointing movie completely on him, because every Farrelly Brother film beforehand was pure hilarious fun. He made it so uncomfortable to watch, and I never knew if he was trying to be funny or just trying to act enough to make it microscopically believable."
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Bobcat Stadium, Southwest Texas State University - 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas, USA - (exteriors)
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Texas School for the Deaf - 1102 South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA"
“The Ringer was an ok movie just a movie you would never think Johnny Knoxville would be in. Johnny Knoxville plays a guy called Steve who is trying to raise money for surgery to re-attach his gardener's fingers which is $40,000. Also his uncle owes $40,000 because of gambling.
So Now Steve (Johnny Knoxville) enters the special Olympics and fix the composition. Now when Steve enters the Olympics oh and he pretends to be handicapped to get into the Olympics Steve changes his name to Jeffy. Along the way he makes friends.
It is an alright movie and the acting is great it's just the story is really predictable.” read more
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