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Kingpin (DVD) |
| Date: |
22/11/00 (245 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Cringeworthy
Disadvantages: Cringeworthy
Maybe it's even too much for my crude sense of humour, lover of Farrely Brothers films that i am. See what you think.
The story goes...
Fresh young bowling champion Peter Munsen (Woody Harrelson) leaves small town to make it big in the state finals. Fresh young bowling champion meets sleazy con-artist bowler (Bill Murray) who offers him a chance to make some money.
This results in him being without a bowling hand, literally.
Seventeen(ish) years pass by and we see Munsen as a hard liquor drinker living in a dump with no attachments other than a really bad prosthetic rubber hand (this is not a sensitive film and isn't ashamed of ridiculing any aspect of life)
He tries to make a living selling bowling supplies to the local bowling alleys, during a visit he encounters an Amish boy (Randy Quaid - unconvincing boy, doesn't matter though, all part of the films ridiculous appeal) who's bowling skills are outstanding. Munsen wants to be his manager and enter him in a competition where £1 million is up for grabs, to be split down the middle, only one problem, Amish folks don't bowl.
The results of this partnership are both repulsive and heartlifting. Gutwrenching anyway. There are too many funny moments to mention. But i will mention the moment where Harrelsons character is forced to pay his repulsive landlady 'in kind' for his late rent money. The land lady is played by the same actress as the character Magda ( close up on frightening breasts ) from There's Something About Mary. She clearly has a talent for these parts.
The three main characters are played wonderfully and realistically by Harrelson, Murray and Quaid as the Failure, Sleazebag and Dope.
Scarily, Bill Murray supplied his own wigs, you will know why this is when you see the film as they are the worst/best wigs i have ever seen!
Anyway, go see it or rent it if you're feeling down and prepare to feel slightly queasy.
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