Synopsis
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break when a 450 pound church handyman who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.
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Cast
- Mark FeuersteinEddie Sullivan
- Dennis FarinaMemphis Earl
- Melora HardinMary
- Paul WightWalter Krunk
- Wendie MalickSister Francesca
- Will PattonVic Sullivan
- Saul RubinekRabbi
- Rebecca CreskoffTina
- Bobb'e J. ThompsonMad Milton
- Lester SpeightRedrum
Recommendations
- 50
Variety
Knucklehead has a professional slickness about it, flawless shooting by d.p. Kenneth Zunder, and Johnston's perfectly cloying score. The acting leaves a bit to be desired: Malick is hilarious; Wight is endearing; Rebecca Creskoff ("Hung"), who plays Mary's friend and fellow ex-"dancer," is refreshingly natural. - 40
The New York Times
A number of talented performers are stymied by this mediocre material. - 38
Orlando Sentinel
Director Michael W. Watkins, whose decades of TV credits go back to "Quantum Leap," manages one clever visual gag - a bus wreck, observed from the far side of a cornfield. We hear a crunch, see a telephone pole wobble and a little puff of smoke. Then Watkins blows the moment with a fiery overkill. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
This lame comedy about a big doofus who enters the fight game manages to take every cliche in the book and render them even more cliched. - 25
New York Post
A 2010 movie that could have been made in 1940. - 20
Time Out
A distinctly shameless and shoddily made family comedy. - 20
Village Voice
A schmaltzy family comedy that won't pass the smell test for kids, parents, or even stoner second cousins, Knucklehead is too sluggish for young attention spans, and not inventive enough to keep adults engaged. - 20
New York Daily News
Half-assed, halfhearted attempt to copy the Farrellys' out-there style is missing both their jackassical riffs and their heart.
