Classic Friday : Kingpin (1996) 9/10

Starring : Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray
Director : Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Running Time : 117 mins

Ace bowler Roy Munson (Harrelson) finds his life destroyed when fellow bowler Ernie McCracken (Murray) ruins his career by destroying his hand. After years of self pity, Roy runs into an Amish man named Ishmael (Quaid), who also happens to be one of the finest bowlers he has ever met, so taking the role of his trainer Roy plans to train Ishmael to become the best there is and beat McCracken at the ultimate bowling tournament.

This is a great movie which manages to keep a plot going whilst simultaneously providing cheap gags in every scene. Harrelson and Quaid make a fantastic pair in this comedy, and Murray is absolutely brilliant as Ernie McCracken, and should have won an Oscar just for his hair piece.

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