The Ringer

Yes I saw this and I paid good money to do so in a theater. I love most of the Farrelly Brothers films and though they didn’t direct this one, they had a hand in it. The basic idea is very funny but truth be told, the South Park episode where Cartman decided to win the Special Olympics was much funnier. Why? Because Cartman wasn’t set up with an acceptable reason to explain why he would do such a horrible thing. It’s funnier because he’s selfish, cruel and most importantly an idiot. “The Ringer” does have a fair amount of laughs but it’s a real winner because it does what the Farrellys do best… incorporates differently-abled people seamlessly… much more seamlessly than the clumsy language I am using here. See “Stuck On You.”
Favorite moment: Every time Brian Cox was un-PC.
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