I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Fresh and Exciting

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I'm not sure why but I thought this was going to be better than it was. The film is about a guy who pretends to be disabled so he can compete in the special Olympics and whatever, you already know the plot. Stand out things are the fact actual handicap people star in the film as well as some heartfelt moments. However the reason you should not spend time watching this is because it is never really funny and devoid of big laughs.

Good movies are great, bad movies are often still very entertaining, but this movie is absolutely horrible. Acting of the main character: the worst. Storyline: really bad.But really, the acting skills of the main character made switch off the movie before it ended (a first!)I just couldn't take it anymore.

I am a Special Olympics athlete in Indiana and love this movie. It's the only movie that was cleared to go from Special Olympics Inc. Unlike "Tropic Thunder" which made fun of blacks and though with disabilities. I rented it from the library, which I would not pay to see at all. In one scene they used the r-word 10 to 15 times. It's "respect" not "retarded". I and others might be slower than you. But that only means others need to change their way of thinking around with intellectual disabilities. Those are real athletes playing in the movie too. For those like me it takes real guts to even do something like this. If I had the chance to I would take it. I want to write a book about those like us someday. I have been writing poems, though. Thank You.

It may just be me, but hasn't this movie been made a hundred times already? A guy finds himself somewhere he really doesn't want to be, surrounded by people he doesn't like, but in the end he pulls through and learns to love his new surroundings. Eventually he understands that you shouldn't judge people by yadda yadda yadda, now let's beat some kind of villain. Oh, and there you have the love interest with the asshole boyfriend, right on cue. Perhaps our hero should catch him cheat on her. What do you know, he does. This movie is almost shockingly formulaic, and virtually no effort is made to bring in anything creative. Some people find this movie offensive, but this movie is just way too lame for someone to be offended by. Besides, it's not like the mentally handicapped are actually mocked, at least not enough for one to care. I liked Johnny Knoxville in this movie, but he can't save the bad screenplay like he could in say, "Walking Tall". He's still pretty good, but his comedy talent is wasted here. "The Ringer" might seem controversial from a distance, but in reality it's just really forgettable and uninspired.