The Ringer (2005) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 23, 2005
On DVD:	May 16, 2006
Genre:	Comedy, Sports
Director:	Barry Blaustein
Writer:	Ricky Blitt
Cast:	Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Zen Gesner, Jed Rees, John Taylor
Studio:	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Official site:	foxsearchlight.com/theringer
Running Time:	100 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some drug references

When Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) finds himself running dead last in the corporate rat race, he sinks to an all time low...he attempts to rig the Special Olympics by pretending to be intellectually challenged. But, Barker is completely out-classed by his fellow Olympians, who are not only better athletes; they're just plain better people. And they're on to him. But rather than rat-out the rat, they join forces with him to once and for all...

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Johnny Knoxville plays a man who tries to fix the Special Olympics by pretending that he's mentally disabled. And somehow by the end of the movie he manages to win the heart of the beautiful woman who discovered that he was pretending. This is "The Ringer." Full movie review »