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Kingpin (1996)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:18

Rotten:16

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

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... 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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03/26/09
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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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
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

I found the sleazy comedy more tedious than watching an actual bowling match.

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10/09/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Ends up with a seven-ten split between hilariously tasteless and just plain distasteful.

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08/04/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Funny, outrageous, vulgar. The only bowling comedy in memory.

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04/23/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

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12/29/06
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Crude and hilarious

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09/02/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

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07/04/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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03/22/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
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11/19/04
Matt Brunson
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10/21/04
Mike McGranaghan
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03/15/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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12/10/03
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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
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08/29/03
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
 
 
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