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(1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 39% Rotten Page   1   C+ "One gets the feeling that the filmmakers were sweating bullets just trying to make this picture work on a fundamental level."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "You'd think Johnny Knoxville had just about scraped the bottom of his barrel by now."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...a whole lot better than one might've expected."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2.5/4 "When The Ringer was over, my world hadn't changed, but there was a smile that remained on my face."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman D "This isn't the Special Olympics, Johnny. You don't get a medal just for playing."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "What's next in store for the twisted tandem (The Farrelly Brothers)--psychotic Katrina Hurricane victims that like to surf in sewer water?"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C "The problem isn't that it's tasteless--because it's not--but that it's flaccidly paced, overly predictable and burdened with Knoxville's stiff, charmless performance."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "The Ringer plays like the low points in a Farrelly brothers movie; like them, when it gets sincere, it gets messagey and sappy."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 6/10 "Other than Howard Stern, who has done more for mentally-challenged actors than the Farrelly brothers?"   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 2.5/5 "my biggest complaint about the film is that it was too soft"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B "Considering all of the jackass things [Knoxville's] done on his way to fame, his presence in The Ringer helps the film challenge the idea of what is normal and what is intellectually disabled."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer C+ "The developmentally disabled cast members show considerable charm, especially Edward Barbanell as Steve's roommate, Billy. But a lackluster script and charm-free performances by Knoxville and Cox don't do justice to the Special Olympians."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1/4 "Do yourself a favor and rent a very campy Radio instead."   Slant Magazine   Paul Schrodt 2/5 "a marshmallow script that takes no risks with the material"   Filmcritic.com   Pete Croatto 0/5 "The Ringer is astoundingly craptastic not because the handicapped are handled poorly...but because it's one of the most singularly unfunny films ever made."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "Knoxville gives an amazingly risky performance--how many actors would have dared to do this?"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "The positive light that bathes ["The Ringer"] make it a likable little ditty that will entertain all and offend very few, indeed."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford C- "Not extreme enough to skate the edge of tasteless farce and not straight enough to play the material for edgy satire, The Ringer is a cheat right down to the final stretch."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "The Ringer, for all its glaring flaws, pulls the rug out from under us."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 3/4 "An unexpectedly endearing comedy."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 3/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 1/5 Read review   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 4/5 Read review   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 23) of 23 OFCS Rating: 39% Rotten Page   1