The Ringer

2005 "Make it special"
5.8| 1h34m| PG-13| en
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Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

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Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
tanja_anka Good movies are great, bad movies are often still very entertaining, but this movie is absolutely horrible. Acting of the main character: the worst. Storyline: really bad.But really, the acting skills of the main character made switch off the movie before it ended (a first!)I just couldn't take it anymore.
areatw As a comedy movie, 'The Ringer' is fairly average. It has a few good laughs, some funny characters and an entertaining plot, but nothing that hasn't already been done before. It's the sort of film you stick on when you need to pass a couple of hours, a film that you can follow without paying any real attention.'The Ringer' won't be for everyone though, Johnny Knoxville's acting as a handicapped person does come across a bit awkward at times, though I guess such a role can't be easy to play. Overall, this is a decent comedy with some likable characters. An easy-to-follow, entertaining story with a few decent laughs.
chickswim I am a Special Olympics athlete in Indiana and love this movie. It's the only movie that was cleared to go from Special Olympics Inc. Unlike "Tropic Thunder" which made fun of blacks and though with disabilities. I rented it from the library, which I would not pay to see at all. In one scene they used the r-word 10 to 15 times. It's "respect" not "retarded". I and others might be slower than you. But that only means others need to change their way of thinking around with intellectual disabilities. Those are real athletes playing in the movie too. For those like me it takes real guts to even do something like this. If I had the chance to I would take it. I want to write a book about those like us someday. I have been writing poems, though. Thank You.
dokkelly-120-943270 Okay firstly I'd like to say this.The movie is not making fun of mentally disabled people at all,it is actually the opposite.It is showing In a lot of sences how we should'nt prejudge mentally disabled people.At the start it does seem that it's making fun of them,since the main character was trying to act like one but instead just acted like a complete idiot.but over a while he learns that there is a lot more to them.So that just cleans everything up in a nutshell.Now as for the movie,it is in a way a bit cliché.but then again nearly all sports movies are like that.But what I really was not expecting is that ending,I'm not gonna dare spoil it for you.As for the comedy,well it is preatty good at points,like the church scene,that was awesome and maybe the scene where they try to train Johny in weird ways.If thats not a homage to Jackass I don't know what is.It is also really nice at times too.Like how Johny bonded with the contestants over the lenght of the movie.So basically give this movie a go,you may be pleasantly surprised how truly under-rated it is