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Kingpin (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 19

Rotten:16

Average Rating: 5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Roy Munson was once an expert bowler. Now he's a balding, polyester-clad loser, who wears a hook where his bowling hand used to be. The cash-free Roy finds a potential goldmine in Ishmael, an oafish Amish man who's a bowling prodigy. Munson... Roy Munson was once an expert bowler. Now he's a balding, polyester-clad loser, who wears a hook where his bowling hand used to be. The cash-free Roy finds a potential goldmine in Ishmael, an oafish Amish man who's a bowling prodigy. Munson trains the ingenuous, sheltered Ishmael, and enters him in a million-dollar bowling tournament in Reno. But the bumbling pair need money to get there, so with the aid of a sexy babe who joins them, they hustle unsuspecting bowlers as they travel across the country. During their VERY wacky trek, Ishmael is exposed to some rather un-Amish things -- like a strip club. But when the climactic tournament begins, Roy considers coming out of retirement (hook and all), when he discovers that one of the competitors is Big Ern McCracken, a cheesy, sleazy ex-champ -- who caused Roy to lose his hand. [More]

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye, Jonathan Richman

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

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May 18, 1999

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Footage
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Peter & Bobby Farrelly - Directors
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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The combination of the overkill factor and a basic mean-spiritedness finally sinks it for me.

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10/10/07
Ken Hanke
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I found the sleazy comedy more tedious than watching an actual bowling match.

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10/09/07
Dennis Schwartz
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Ends up with a seven-ten split between hilariously tasteless and just plain distasteful.

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08/04/07
Rob Gonsalves
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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
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Funny, outrageous, vulgar. The only bowling comedy in memory.

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04/23/07
Steve Crum
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12/29/06
Michael Dequina
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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Crude and hilarious

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Emanuel Levy
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10/21/04
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03/15/04
Dragan Antulov
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It's funny in parts in a tasteless, Farrelly Brothers way. Freedy Johnston's incidental music provides one of the 90s most pleasing scores.

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03/09/04
Jake Euker
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