Fresh
With maybe 25 belly laughs, the brazenly crude Kingpin is often uproarious, but be forewarned that its creators apparently conceived it underneath a limbo bar. How looow can a funny guilty pleasure go?
Mike Clark, USA Today
Kingpin
You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley.
1996 · 1h 54m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Bobby Farrelly
,
Peter Farrelly
Overview
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
Director and cast
- Bobby Farrelly Director
- Peter Farrelly Director
- Woody Harrelson as Roy Munson
- Randy Quaid as Ishmael Boorg
- Vanessa Angel as Claudia
- Bill Murray as Ernie McCracken
- Chris Elliott as The Gambler
- William Jordan as Mr. Boorg
- Nancy Frey-Jarecki as Sarah Boorg
- Richard Tyson as Owner Of Stiffy's
- Lin Shaye as Landlady
- Zen Gesner as Thomas
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