The Ringer (PG-13, 2005)

Now this film does have some of the bad stuff in it... But just because Johnny Knoxville is in it doesn't mean that it can't have heart... This movie isn't meant to make fun of the mentally chalenged, it was meant so we can laugh with them, not at them...

Knoxville who plays the main character, Steve Barker, a guy who for good reasons; if that's possible fakes being "handicapped" and enters The Special Olympics. He hopes to win the big monetary prize in order to pay off a surgery that he unintentionally caused due to prior circumstances and to help out his addicted uncle who could be killed if he doesn't pay gamblers the money he owes. A funny movie in which every role is intricately played to enhance the movie Can I have a hug, one of the best lines from the movie. What is meant to be a simple gesture backed by a not so simple motive. This also displays the well thought out script in and behind the acting of the movie. I really think that script was written excellently in every little detail about it from Stavi to Uncle Gary, to Thomas and Glen, every actor perfectly played out and the interaction of the cast as a whole really amplifies the movie. The plot however unrealistic it might be is a great story line that can be spun in any direction and you never know where the movie is going to go, just when you think Steve is going to get caught he doesn't, and instead of turning him in the athletes help him. The special effects and background music, as minute as they are really add oomph. The music that plays in the background fits extremely well with the scenarios they actors find themselves in. It's hard to say that a movie about rigging the Special Olympics is actually a great movie and has a good message behind it but it does. The ringer is a great movie that shows what true friends are for, and how when a group of people pulls together any and everything can be accomplished. Through many funny jokes and one-liners the audience is always engaged and there's never a dull moment when watching.

this movie wasnt as offensive against mentaly chalenge people as i thought it would it is sweat and funny if you havent watch it its youre bad

This movie is a simple comedy that delivers without being too corny or over the top. It portray's the mentally challenged as the good guys, and a lot smarter than people think. It was good see that Johnny Knoxville can actually act.