Idiosyncratic's Rhetoric

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2001)

Readers: Information about the film's plot/outcome may be revealed in the following review.

I felt that Kingpin was a hilarious picture about a man down on his luck. Woody Harolson portrays Roy Munson and he does a great job in doing so. The Farely Brothers have done it again with their will to use "stupid humor" to add to the film's hilarity. A perfect example of this is the constant flailing around of Roy's and Earnie's colm over. It was a perfect way to, while nothing funny was going on, be able to laugh at the stupidity of their hair. The fact that Ishmail was a big omish guy who loved bowling and had virtually no clue as to what is going on in the world, gave the film that certain attribute that ignorance is funny. Even the simplest things that he didn't know were amusing, for example, the scene in which Ishmail insists on getting the beer for Roy instead of Claudis. Ishmail's nipples harden, which defeats the whole purpose of the distraction by Claudia. He just doesn't understand, and that is what is funny. Randy Quade gives a performance that brings out the fact that his character is innocently ignorant. The fact that Bill Murray's character is such a jerk gives the film an additional sort of humor. You laugh so hard for the soul reason that you can't believe the kinds of things he says and does. For example, in the scene in which Roy and Earnie are sitting down for lunch after Roy's car broke down, and Roy is eating so obnoxiously, Earnie tells him to go outside and finish it. The only reason that the viewers are laughing is because they can't believe how big of a jerk he is. That is exactally the kind of humor the film needed. I recommend that if you haven't already seen this film, that you consider checking it out. I believe that it is a true comedic masterpiece. It will keep you laughing the whole way through. The Farely Brothers have provided the film culture with another picture that will always be good to turn to if a laugh is needed.
J. D. Evans
P.S. If you enjoyed my "rhetoric", so to speak, you may want to check out the comments about Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil in the near future, Great Film.