This Film Should be Put Through Several Ringers.

Rating: 2/10 (20 April 2016)

The Ringer (2005): Dir: Barry W. Blaustein / Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Edward Barbanell: Stupid and drab would be the most appropriate words to describe this so-called comedy about wits. Johnny Knoxville is talked into rigging the Special Olympics. Not a bad start but screenplay veers into predictable formula until it arrives at a conclusion where one must wonder whether the six year champion should have remained as so. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein who previously made an excellent wrestling documentary called Beyond the Mat. As a followup, The Ringer just looks and feels cheap. Knoxville is hardly sympathetic and this role seems hardly a stretch for him. Does he right things and end up with the girl? Do pigs fly? Are we really suppose to care about this pathetic charade? Brian Cox could have used more scenes as the scheming uncle who talks Knoxville into this scam. Katherine Heigl is the desire of Knoxville's heart and she has my sympathy. She gets to be fooled by him while he sabotages her current bad relationship. No worries though. She gets mad then as predictable stories go, she hooks up with him. This film is a pathetic vile piece of trash. Rather than addressing mentally challenged individuals the film becomes more mentally challenging than anything they do in the Olympics. Score: 2 / 10