Release Date
December 23, 2005
DVD Release Date
May 16, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Barry Blaustein
Writer
Ricky Blitt
Cast
Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Zen Gesner, Jed Rees, John Taylor
Studio
Running Time
100 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some drug references
What is The Ringer about?
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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 »
