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Please Stand By (2017)

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Wendy sees things differently: she's fiercely independent, with a brilliant mind and a mischievous...

Frat Pack (2018)

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A shy British graduate gets dragged on a wild road trip across America to a fraternity party by his...

Vanilla (2019)

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A freewheeling comedian determined to save her family business invites an uptight entrepreneur on a...

LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Kingpin (1996) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020

Kingpin (1996)

1996 | Comedy

7.3

(9 Ratings)

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Familiar Farrelly fare to a fault (I swear to God that repetition was unintentional) - it's got every single hallmark of their films all rolled into one: extremely juvenile peepee/caca/sex jokes, USA heartland road trip, lovable doofus + straight man lead pairing plus the underdeveloped woman who puts them at odds with each other, runtime that's about 15 or so minutes too heavy, unpointed misogyny, and heaping helpings of sentimentality. For better or worse, this is the quintessential Farrelly film. On the whole though, it's okay. Comedy is hit or miss here but this can be damn funny, specifically Bill Murray - who easily runs away with this entire film (the film's biggest flaw? that there isn't more of him). Randy Quaid is a riot too, though this is oddly a better sports movie than it is an outright comedy. All these (still fair) gross-out comedy trappings are infused into your model sports film formula but it's oddly really engaging as that, and the comedy is just a bonus. I like how this movie portrays skill, and it's also one of the Farrellys' best looking ones, too. All of this is still rather simple but it's fun.