Funny film from the farrellys

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2006)

The Ringer/2005/***
Main Stars: Johnny Knoxville Brian Cox
Well this film was another enjoyable, successful "Farrelly Brothers" type film (like "Stuck On You", "Fever Pitch", "Dumb and Dumber" and others). You see, they didn't direct or write the film. They merely produced it but the film was definitely there type of one. You see, the Farrelly Brothers are known to have mentally challenged people in their films. And in this one they had quite a few because (of course) the storyline consists of a Special Olympics season and tournament at the end of the season. Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville's character) competes in this as a "fake" mentally challenged person with the name of Jeffy Dahmor. His uncle, Gary (Brian Cox, who really wants Steve (as Jeffy) to win the Special Olympics tournament), named him that because Steve needed help so his uncle butts in to tell him to fix the Special Olympics and gives him a name upon the name of a past serial killer with the name of Jeffrey Dahmer. His uncle had to have gotten the idea from him. I mean what else would have convinced him. Basically Steve (as Jeffy Dahmor) is competing in this because he's a good athlete and wants money to help a guy named Stavi (Luis Avalos, who always refers to himself in the third person) get his fingers sewed back on. It might sound stupid but really it is quite funny with the mentally challenged people actually coming back with great comebacks to Steve (as Jeffy) and other people. But yet Steve has to face an impressively good disabled athlete named Jimmy (Leonard Flowers) and doesn't do so bad. But how hard can it be to keep the identity of a mentally challenged person? Not the easiest thing in the world. And that was another funny thing to watch in this film. Steve (as Jeffy) would change voices, would only tell a few people he wasn't disabled in a way, and would be recognized by an old high school friend that was normal and asked how he was doing. But the bad thing is, there was a Special Olympics supervisor with him (a girl Steve liked named Lynn (Katherine Heigl) and he had to act mental or else the supervisor would know he was a fraud. Hee hee. It truly is a funny film but with a heart like the Farrelly films are always like (except for the older ones like "Kingpin" which was waaaaay over the top). Movie directed by (not the Farrelly Brothers but) Barry W. Blaustein.