Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/23/2005(USA)
Release Date: 05/16/2006
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A guy trying to do the right thing ends up taking part in one of the most morally dubious con games in history in this
comedy.
Steve Barker (
Johnny Knoxville) is an office drone who wants to move up the corporate ladder, but when he asks his boss for a promotion, it comes with a condition --
Steve has to fire
Stavi (
Luis Avalos), who has been the firm's janitor for years.
Steve decides to soften the blow by hiring
Stavi to do his lawn and garden work. However, an accident robs
Stavi of several of his fingers, and since he doesn't have medical insurance,
Steve needs to find a way to pay for his surgery.
Steve's uncle
Gary (
Brian Cox), a sleazy type who will bet on anything, also needs some fast cash, and comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme --
Steve was a track star in high school, and with the Special Olympics Championships coming up, all
Steve has to do is pretend to be mentally challenged, enter the competition, and win the running events against six-time medalist
Jimmy (
Leonard Flowers).
Gary will bet big on
Steve, and the odds will allow them to clean up.
Steve is appalled by the idea, but he needs the money badly enough to go along. However,
Steve discovers that
Jimmy is fast enough that he has little chance of beating him. However,
Jimmy's colossal ego has made him many enemies among his fellow Special Olympians, and they're eager enough to see him taken down a peg that they help
Steve train for the big event. Matters become all the more complicated when
Steve becomes infatuated with
Lynn (
Katherine Heigl), a beautiful woman who has volunteered to help the challenged athletes, and would doubtless be furious if she found out what
Steve was really doing. Produced by
Peter Farrelly and
Bobby Farrelly,
The Ringer was the first fiction directorial credit for
Barry W. Blaustein; the story also parallels a 2004 episode of the animated television series
South Park, "
Up the Down Steroid."
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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