SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Python Hyena The Ringer (2005): Dir: Barry W. Blaustein / Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Edward Barbanell: Stupid and drab would be the most appropriate words to describe this so-called comedy about wits. Johnny Knoxville is talked into rigging the Special Olympics. Not a bad start but screenplay veers into predictable formula until it arrives at a conclusion where one must wonder whether the six year champion should have remained as so. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein who previously made an excellent wrestling documentary called Beyond the Mat. As a followup, The Ringer just looks and feels cheap. Knoxville is hardly sympathetic and this role seems hardly a stretch for him. Does he right things and end up with the girl? Do pigs fly? Are we really suppose to care about this pathetic charade? Brian Cox could have used more scenes as the scheming uncle who talks Knoxville into this scam. Katherine Heigl is the desire of Knoxville's heart and she has my sympathy. She gets to be fooled by him while he sabotages her current bad relationship. No worries though. She gets mad then as predictable stories go, she hooks up with him. This film is a pathetic vile piece of trash. Rather than addressing mentally challenged individuals the film becomes more mentally challenging than anything they do in the Olympics. Score: 2 / 10

Gerry Atwell I just watched this movie for the first time today, and I had very low expectations. In fact I really had a guilty feeling that I might be about to watch and enjoy something that goes against everything I believe in when it comes to the passionate human decency that one should have towards persons with developmental disabilities. I worked in that field for a Great non for profit agency that serves people with developmental disabilities for 7 years as a supervisor in an ISO certified pallet and crate building factory. I developed the most awesome friendships with the people I trained, worked side by side with, and served. I can not even begin to explain how it changed my life, and my priorities. I always wanted to be there and join in all of the after work activities as well. This movie made me realize how much I miss them all! I had to leave and go to work elsewhere because I couldn't pay my bills working there anymore, and that's just not fair! Fact is there is very little funding to keep these non for profit agencies up and running these days. The people who work at a lot of these places serving clients struggle from paycheck to paycheck, and they are the hardest working, caring, unselfish, and most dedicated people I know. They sacrifice their entire life, to help insure that clients have as normal and happy life as possible. I can not give them enough praise for their dedication. I am glad and at the same time sad that I watched this wonderful movie tonight, but I enjoyed it very much!

coljam21 This movie was just plain disturbing to watch and it made me uncomfortable. It was funny until Knoxville went to the Special Olympics camp. It just didn't seem right that he should pretend to be special needs among actual special needs people. Then there were a few regular actors pretending to be special needs and going overboard with acting retarded, it down right made me uncomfortable.How in the world did the director think anyone would find scenes with special needs being made fun of humorous? I guess the costume people thought the only way to make a regular person look like they are special needs to make them wear a pair of glasses that will magnify their eyes. This entire fiasco of a movie was cringe worthy and unwatchable. It was truly embarrassing for the cast, especially the leads.

poe426 Brian Cox as the unrepentant gambling uncle almost steals the show in THE RINGER, but Johnny Knoxville hops aboard the short bus to success when he agrees to fix the Special Olympics. THE RINGER is often laugh-out-loud hilarious (as when Knoxville discovers that his undercover name will henceforth be "Jeffy Dahmer"), but it's also a nice little love story and- most important of all- a reaffirmation of the Human Spirit. I LOVE the fact that the guys with whom "Jeffy" is rooming not only find him out (when he lets his guard down and "acts different"), but also agree to help him perpetrate his fraud because they can't stand the star of the Special Olympics, Jimmy (who arrives in a limo with a gaggle of publicity people), who is favored to win again this year. On a personal note, I can sympathize with people who might be offended by some of the humor in THE RINGER, but it's actually relatively mild when compared to the kind of hurtful, humiliating humor that one encounters out in The Real World. (With LOVE, this one's for Sissy.)