The Ringer (2005) 8/10

Starring : Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Bill Chott, Edward Barbanell
Director : Barry W Blaustein
Running Time : 95 mins

Steve Barker (Knoxville) decides that the only way he can clear all of his massive debt is to pretend to be mentally handicapped and enter the Special Olympics, having a friend bet on him and thereby clearing up against the other less able bodied contestants. Unfortunately Steve soon realises that keeping up the pretence is going to be more difficult than he thought, especially when he falls for Lynn Sheridan (Heigl).

This movie was so un-pc that you just have to laugh. It’s good to know that this was checked on by the head of the Special Olympics, and that, like the Farrelly Brothers movies, the makers are actually embracing the differences rather than just mocking them for comedy value. Still, the concept is so wrong you just have to laugh from start to end.

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