The combination of the overkill factor and a basic mean-spiritedness finally sinks it for me.
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10/10/07
Kingpin (1996)
54 %
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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... [More]
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray
Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
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Reviews for Kingpin
I found the sleazy comedy more tedious than watching an actual bowling match.
10/09/07
Ends up with a seven-ten split between hilariously tasteless and just plain distasteful.
08/04/07
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06/24/06
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04/09/05
It's funny in parts in a tasteless, Farrelly Brothers way. Freedy Johnston's incidental music provides one of the 90s most pleasing scores.
03/09/04
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