Kingpin

Release Date: 1996-07-04

Rating: ⭐ 6.499/10 (895 votes)

Genres: Comedy

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.

Production: Motion Picture Corporation of America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rysher Entertainment

🎭 Top Cast

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

📝 User Reviews

Wuchak

⭐ 6/10

Jun 04, 2020

_**Farrelly brothers bowling comedy with Harrelson, Quade, Vanessa Angel and Murray**_ A former professional-class bowler (Woody Harrelson) discovers a childlike Amish prodigy in Pennsylvania (Randy Quade). While training him, they hook-up with the earstwhile girlfriend (Vanessa Angel) of a wealthy bowling enthusiast (Rob Moran) and head to a Tournament in Reno, Nevada, where they reaquaint with a conman and competitor (Bill Murray). "Kingpin" (1996) is a Farrelly brothers comedy marred by their usual distasteful elements, e.g. bathroom & sex humor. If you can get past that or roll with it, this is a decent story of redemption with some laughs augmented by the road-movie plot. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in Pennsylvania (Mars, Rochester & Pittsburgh), Nevada (Reno) and New York (Webster). GRADE: B-

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