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Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

December 23, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Barry W. Blaustein

Starring :

Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Zen Gesner, Jed Rees, John Taylor

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

0.5 of 5

“..the feeblest movie of the year..”
by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..surprisingly funny -- often laugh-out-loud hilarious -- and inspirational without trying too hard..”
by Christy Lemire [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2 of 4

“..is not exactly special..”
by Chelsea Bain [Boston Herald]
“..is neither the edgy laugh riot it thinks it is nor the ultimately inspirational eye-opener it aspires to be..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
3.5 of 5

“..is mediocre, but somehow, it's not offensive..”
by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
4 of 5

“..a hilarious and often quite touching film..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Kerry Bennett [Grading The Movies]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Tim Knight [Reel]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Gwin [Cinema Blend]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jolie Williamson [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Croatto [Filmcritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Janice Page [Boston Globe]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Jonathan W. Hickman [Entertainment Insiders]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Paul Schrodt [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Robert K. Elder [Chicago Tribune]
Reviewed by Tim Grierson [L.A. Weekly]
Reviewed by Paul Myers [Georgia Straight]

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I would see this movies instead of Tropic Thunder any day. I think you should as least see The Ringer once.

posted by chickswim on Sep 06, 2008

i disagree with the tropic thunder thing, but this is a very funny movie.

posted by rdog on Oct 15, 2009
 
 

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