Steineded
How sad is this?
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
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.
Gerry Atwell
I just watched this movie for the first time today, and I had very low expectations. In fact I really had a guilty feeling that I might be about to watch and enjoy something that goes against everything I believe in when it comes to the passionate human decency that one should have towards persons with developmental disabilities. I worked in that field for a Great non for profit agency that serves people with developmental disabilities for 7 years as a supervisor in an ISO certified pallet and crate building factory. I developed the most awesome friendships with the people I trained, worked side by side with, and served. I can not even begin to explain how it changed my life, and my priorities. I always wanted to be there and join in all of the after work activities as well. This movie made me realize how much I miss them all! I had to leave and go to work elsewhere because I couldn't pay my bills working there anymore, and that's just not fair! Fact is there is very little funding to keep these non for profit agencies up and running these days. The people who work at a lot of these places serving clients struggle from paycheck to paycheck, and they are the hardest working, caring, unselfish, and most dedicated people I know. They sacrifice their entire life, to help insure that clients have as normal and happy life as possible. I can not give them enough praise for their dedication. I am glad and at the same time sad that I watched this wonderful movie tonight, but I enjoyed it very much!
coljam21
This movie was just plain disturbing to watch and it made me uncomfortable. It was funny until Knoxville went to the Special Olympics camp. It just didn't seem right that he should pretend to be special needs among actual special needs people. Then there were a few regular actors pretending to be special needs and going overboard with acting retarded, it down right made me uncomfortable.How in the world did the director think anyone would find scenes with special needs being made fun of humorous? I guess the costume people thought the only way to make a regular person look like they are special needs to make them wear a pair of glasses that will magnify their eyes. This entire fiasco of a movie was cringe worthy and unwatchable. It was truly embarrassing for the cast, especially the leads.
insomniac_rod
I really didn't expect much from this movie because to be honest, I didn't her about it until a few weeks ago.So I thought, "it's a Johnny Knoxville film from 2005 that apparently only a few watched....".Well, on a Sunday afternoon I decided to give it a chance and it wasn't by any means a letdown. It's a very inventive black comedy filled with plenty of irreverence, some jokes that may be too much for the easily offended, and funny representations of how special athletes perform.The acting is pretty funny specially by Knoxville who relies his acting skills oh physical comedy.The rest of the cast performs really well and is as funny as the lead actor. Also, the very last scene that deals with a weird dancing is the highlight of the film.Recommended for those who enjoy black comedy.
