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Starring Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray, Randy Quaid. ![[Photo]](/photos/kingpin1.jpg) Rarely does a movies tag line adequately capture the tone of the film. However such is the case with Kingpin's tag line: From the idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber. If you're looking for production design or cinematography worthy of a film based off a Jane Austin novel, or costume design that will be nominated for a slew of awards come February and March, don't even bother to finish reading this sentence, let alone the review. But, if you are looking to laugh, be completely disgusted and entertained, and even pleasantly shocked by an ending I never thought Hollywood would embrace, then kick back, grab a beverage of your choice, and press play, because Kingpin does just that. The plot--if you can see fit to call it that--is simple, and surprisingly like the Farrelly brothers previous film, Dumb and Dumber; several people travel cross-country to reach the light at the end of the tunnel, which in this film's case is a $1,000,000 winner take all bowling tournament in Reno, Nevada. Woody Harrelson stars as Roy Munson, a really, really down and out ex-professional bowler. Harrelson lost a hand twenty years ago because he hustled a member of the clergy in a backwoods bowling alley. As a result of this tragic event, Harrelson is forced into a career of peddling cheap bowling accessories and glow-in-the-dark condoms. Murray plays Big Ern McCracken, Harrelson's bowling nemesis. Murray breathes such off beat life into the character of Big Ern that McCracken deserves a film of his own. The actors in this movie all perform well; none are deserving of any awards, but Harrelson, Quaid, Murray, and Vanessa Angel so perfectly capture the naiveté, lecherousness, and coquettishness of their characters that the acting does in fact merit special mention. The Farrelly brothers, who co-wrote and directed Kingpin, have again given viewers an enjoyable film that's only goal is to make you laugh. The Farrelly staple toilet humor is definitely present in Kingpin, but, just like a bawdy simile written by David Mamet, it makes you chuckle. There's nothing challenging or hard about watching this movie, it's just pure fun. So see Kingpin and enjoy, this film has class with a capital `K'.
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On one of his jaunts into a Pennsylvanian bowling alley, he meets Randy Quaid, an Amish man with the natural bowling talent that Harrelson himself used to possess. After some humorous cajoling, Harrelson convinces Quaid to strike out to Reno, with hopes of winning the Reno bowling tournament, the profits of which they will split 50/50. The trip from Pennsylvania to Nevada is funny, but Kingpin wouldn't have been anywhere near as amusing without the comic presence of Bill Murray.