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Kingpin (DVD) |
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20/11/00 (21 review reads) |
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Advantages: There are some good gags....
Disadvantages: -....but most of them are half-baked or at best, ridiculously stupid.
A loose plot with an even looser sense of humour but a strong sense of direction makes ‘Kingpin’ an uneasy film to watch.
It smacks of laziness….raunchy, teasing but ultimately not forthcoming.
And in trying not to follow the likes of ‘Caddyshack’, they made an ending, which was probably more realistic and schmaltzy BUT that doesn’t mean it’s any better for it as a hectic climax was what surely was needed for a more satisfying conclusion.
Although the film contains ten-pin bowling, it is NOT about ten-pin bowling (much to the probable relief of non-fans).
Bill Murray is at his obnoxious best as Eddie McCracken, the man Woody Harrelson generally holds responsible for the removal of his right hand and to some, obviously steals the film.
Woody Harrelson is Roy Munson, a one-time bowling champ whose circumstances on that unfortunate night have rendered him all too vulnerable.
Randy Quaid is Ishmael, an Amish forty year old with a previously undiscovered talent for ten-pin-bowling which Harrelson just happens to find out one night at a bowling alley. Some of the best laughs all seem to involve his presence and one which should leave surprised by the sheer unexpectedness of it all, which would be discourteous to reveal).
And Vanessa Angel is Claudia, a knockout, although her involvement in the progression of events is mechanical, all too obvious (not much of a role here) and occasionally lulls the film to a halt, before it cranks itself up again.
Bolstered although hindered by the fact that it hinges itself with one good gag around every 10 minutes of which most are nauseating in nature whilst it almost falls apart at the end with an unnecessary ‘Indecent Proposal’ parody (which in the scheme of things just leaves you, stone cold dead)
Treat it with kid gloves, it’s not going to tax your brain and you’ll be alright.
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