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Kingpin (1996) 6.9
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Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 185 user | 62 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. |
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Roy Munson was raised to be the best bowler in the world (trained early on by his father). But a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken and a misunderstanding with some rough punks, leaves poor Roy with the loss of his bowling hand! Not to let this get him down, he gets a prosthetic hand and becomes a travelling sales man. But it's really all down hill for him from that night on until ... One day he meets Ishmael who is Amish and sneaks away from the farm to bowl (his fellow Amish would disown him if they knew)! Roy convinces Ishmael to let him be his trainer and he'll make him the best bowler the world has ever seen. Reluctantly Ishmael agrees to go on the road and shortly afterwards actually finds that life outside the farm is quite fun. Soon their paths cross that of Ernie McCracken who is still a top ranking bowler. While Roy's career and life have landed in the toilet bowl, Ernie is still drawing huge crowds and all the babes! They both square off for the ultimate bowling championship ..... Written by Jane Byron Dean <McGinty@aol.com>
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A movie with a lot of balls. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for crude sex-related humor and a drug scene | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kingpin - Estes Loucos Reis do Boliche See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,004,340 (UK) (19 July 1996)Gross:
$24,944,213 (USA) (11 October 1996)Company Credits
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[She laughs at her own jokes]
Landlady: You really jarred something loose, tiger.
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Performed by Super Deluxe
Written by Braden Blake
Artist Courtesy of Revolution
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
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The band playing the bar while Ishmael dances with the other man's girlfriend, is the same band from There's Something About Mary that plays between scenes. See more »Goofs
In the first flossing scene, Munson's hand can clearly be seen holding the hook. See more »Quotes
Landlady: [Roy is throwing up in the background after having had sex with his Landlady, to keep from being evicted. The Landlady is too satisfied to care] What is it about good sex that makes me have to crap? I guess it's all that pumpin'. Pump and dump.[She laughs at her own jokes]
Landlady: You really jarred something loose, tiger.
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At the end of the final credits, there is a scene with Roy's landlady. See more »Soundtracks
She Came OnPerformed by Super Deluxe
Written by Braden Blake
Artist Courtesy of Revolution
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Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the directors of "Kingpin" show a great flair for this type of comedy. Not having seen it when it first was released, we were lucky to catch it on cable the other night, and frankly, it proved to be a happy choice. The Farrellys had a good screen play by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan to work with, as they showed a talent for assembling a wonderful cast to make this a winning comedy the fun and exciting film it is.
The best thing in the film are Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. Mr. Harrelson plays Roy Munson, the man who love bowling, but through an unfortunate incident, loses his ability to play the sport he was born to play. Woody Harrelson is wonderful in his portrayal of Munson. Bill Murray's role is much smaller, but he does wonders with it. Best of all is the way we see him at the bowling tournament in Reno with his teased hair in disarray.
The rest of the cast is good. Randy Quaid as Ishmael Boorg, gives a funny reading of his naive character. Also the attractive Vanessa Angel plays the woman who has an interest in the game.