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The Ringer

2005 · 94 min

A goofy, good-natured comedy that mines laughs from an outrageous premise but lands on a surprisingly sweet note about acceptance.

Genres
Comedy
Tagline
Make it special.
Overview
Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • friendship
  • identity
  • redemption
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Barry W. Blaustein
Written by
Ricky Blitt
Starring
Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Geoffrey Arend, Edward Barbanell, Bill Chott, Leonard Flowers, Leonard Earl Howze
Music
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Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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