Kingpin

1996 "You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley."
6.9| 1h54m| PG-13| en
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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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UnowPriceless hyped garbage
Steineded How sad is this?
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
fitmindfitbody No matter what your chronological age, if you're a 13 yr old boy in emotion, then you might enjoy this humor. I definitely didn't see humor or entertainment in watching a man being held by other men who put his hand in a machine to hack it off. That's for starters. In my experience, males are willing to have sex with any human, object,or animal, and don't truly care about appearance as long as it feels good. Good looks are only necessary when they're out in public. So the idea that this guy would vomit after having sex with a woman because she's unattractive (while she emerges grateful) is unrealistic enough without the tired grotesqueness of juvenile (You said "Do-Do"!! HAAHAHA) potty-talk afterwards.
Fubar Something about Kingpin just warms your heart. The characters are all very likable, Woody Harrelson is a relatable man going through hard times in his seemingly washed away existence, Bill Murray is absolutely hilarious as a slime ball villain, and Claudia is gorgeous and is very effective at stealing your attention.The beauty of this film lies in the re-viewings, the subtle things through out that add lots of humour and further develop the characters. I forgot to mention Randy Quaid, he is also brilliant in this film, the delivery of his lines are to a tee. So if you are someone who like me has a dirty mind and a cruel sense of humor, you will love Kingpin.
John Brooks More than anything, this film has that presence, that spirit about it that lots of 90's comedies had and Farrelly films in particular. The jokes are very silly but actually efficient, and help constitute a cartoonish kind of setting for the main characters. The humor turns a little extreme in parts, a bit too silly on occasion but mostly it's this coherent atmosphere of 'life is crap but let's keep trying to go forward, who knows seems there's a chance or whatever' just like Dumb n Dumber was for e.g.This style makes for a fun, entertaining viewing all the way as the plot keeps bumping into new elements with new events, new characters or returning characters. The story is quite well knitted together in that.Lots to say about it really, but it's funny, well constructed, well casted and well concluded enough that it's one of those rare actually good through and through comedies. You're in for the laughs for one, but also the story, and one really is intrigued til the very end about how this whole thing unwinds.
jason_curtis24 This film is absolutely hilarious, deadpan stupid at times, and more reserved and subtle at others - its the perfect hangover cure. Harrelson is fantastic as a hard-done-by bowler who got done over ('Munsoned' is the phrase later used, which is his actual name in the film to his annoyance) and is out for another shot at the big time. His sidekick is an innocent religious countryman whose style contrasts well with all the others - Murray is just great, but could have been in it more. One scene, for me, really stands out. Certainly in terms of Gramsci esque masculine humour - Murray is in a eaterie with Harrelson and tells him to 'go outside and eat that', then he tells a waitress to come back after washing off her perfume, finally he says 'hi' to a fit bird sat across the way. Her mum says 'hi' and Murray says 'not you - hi'. The younger fit bird smiles and says 'hi'. This film is just great.