This film "bowled" me over... (sorry) You'll love it or hate it..

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2000)

I found this to be one of the funniest films to come out of Hollywood. To others this will one of the most crass. Kingpin is a film you'll either love or hate. It's more subtle than "Dumb and Dumber" and less commercial than "There's Something About Mary". This is the Farrelly Brothers best film. The film pulls no punches and paints some pretty real characters. Our heroes are total losers. Woody Harrelson plays the bitter, balding bowler Roy Munsen and Bill Murray has a riot as the smarmy and salacious conman Ernie McCracken. The script goes from one nasty joke to the next, breaking as many taboos as it can. Kingpin is a combination of all our nasty character traits rolled into one film and that's what I love about it. It's honest and blunt. It deals with bitterness, paranoia and betrayal. Kingpin shows you what happens when people live truly for themselves. Be warned, Kingpin's answer might not be the one you wanted to hear...