Film

The Ringer

2005 · 1h 34m · Comedy

Make it special.

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

40%

Metacritic

46

Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

Johnny Knoxville

Steve Barker

Brian Cox

Gary Barker

Katherine Heigl

Lynn Sheridan

Luis Ávalos

Stavi

Jed Rees

Glen

Leonard Earl Howze

Mark

Geoffrey Arend

Winston

Edward Barbanell

Billy

Bill Chott

Thomas

Mike Cerrone

Paulie

Terry Funk

Frankie

Leonard Flowers

Jimmy

Janna Ambort

Karen

Steve Levy

Steve Levy

Zen Gesner

David Patrick

Alcides Dias

Michael

• Barry W. BlausteinDirector
• Ricky BlittWriter
• Bobby FarrellyProducer
• Peter FarrellyProducer
• John JacobsProducer
• Bradley ThomasProducer
• Tim ShriverExecutive Producer
• Mark IrwinDirector of Photography
• Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
• George Folsey Jr.Editor

The Ringer

Release date

December 23, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$40,442,437

Genres

Comedy

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