Kingpin

Kingpin

1996-07-04 • 1h 54m • PG-13 •
Comedy
6.5
User Score
930 votes

"You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley."

Overview

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Peter Farrelly

Director

Mort Nathan

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$27,000,000

Revenue

$25,023,434

Runtime

1h 54m

Release Date

1996-07-04

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Reviews

Wuchak

Wuchak

2020-06-04T18:16:23.914Z

_**Farrelly brothers bowling comedy with Harrelson, Quade, Vanessa Angel and Murray**_ A former professional-class bowler (Woody Harrelson) discovers a childlike Amish prodigy in Pennsylvania (Randy Quade). While training him, they hook-up with the earstwhile girlfriend (Vanessa Angel) of a wealthy bowling enthusiast (Rob Moran) and head to a Tournament in Reno, Nevada, where they reaquaint with a conman and competitor (Bill Murray). "Kingpin" (1996) is a Farrelly brothers comedy marred by their usual distasteful elements, e.g. bathroom & sex humor. If you can get past that or roll with it, this is a decent story of redemption with some laughs augmented by the road-movie plot. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in Pennsylvania (Mars, Rochester & Pittsburgh), Nevada (Reno) and New York (Webster). GRADE: B-