Synopsis
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonRoy Munson
- Randy QuaidIshmael Boorg
- Vanessa AngelClaudia
- Bill MurrayErnie McCracken
- Chris ElliottThe Gambler
- William JordanMr. Boorg
- Nancy Frey-JareckiSarah Boorg
- Richard TysonOwner Of Stiffy's
- Lin ShayeLandlady
- Zen GesnerThomas
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Some of the gags don't work, and yet I laughed at the Farrellys' audacity in trying them. And the humor isn't just gags and punch lines, but one accomplished comic performance after another. - 75
USA Today
Potty humor to spare. [26 July 1996, p. D4] - 67
Austin Chronicle
Kingpin is no classic, but I've got to admit that after sitting though a number of the film's less-than-inspiring previews over the last few weeks, I wasn't exactly expecting the second coming of Laurel and Hardy. - 60
Empire
As a barrel of easy, unsophisticated laughs, Kingpin delivers in spades. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Kingpin has nastiness going for it. There are prosthesis jokes, bad-teeth jokes, ugly-women jokes, sight gags involving vomiting, etc. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray give riotous performances, but be warned that the comedy is overloaded with gross-out humor from beginning to end. - 40
Chicago Reader
At least it has Bill Murray. - 38
ReelViews
The really disgusting thing about this movie isn't the crude jokes themselves, but how grossly unfunny they all are.
