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OK,the only real problem with this film is all the inside jokes.If you are not a big movie watcher you'll miss a lot this film has to offer,thats the reason I took a star off,and well no kid film ether.However all that said,this 1996 release that runs 113 minutes is funny as hell,if by hell you mean sick twisted and side splitting.Its sort of the "Hustler"goes beyond"The Color of Money"and then some.Even some funny quick cameos,like Rodger Clemens and the sport of bowling( sport??)is just destroyed and seeing Bill Murray as Ernie McCracken is worth the whole film.The rest of the cast fits just right,but its the zaniness thats over the top thats makes for this "adult"comedy.So the trailer URL is after the picture and a IMDB summary below.
Roy Munson was raised to be the best bowler in the world (trained early on by his father). But a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken and a misunderstanding with some rough punks, leaves poor Roy with the loss of his bowling hand! Not to let this get him down, he gets a prosthetic hand and becomes a travelling sales man. But it's really all down hill for him from that night on until ... One day he meets Ishmael who is Amish and sneaks away from the farm to bowl (his fellow Amish would disown him if they knew)! Roy convinces Ishmael to let him be his trainer and he'll make him the best bowler the world has ever seen. Reluctantly Ishmael agrees to go on the road and shortly afterwards actually finds that life outside the farm is quite fun. Soon their paths cross that of Ernie McCracken who is still a top ranking bowler. While Roy's career and life have landed in the toilet bowl, Ernie is still drawing huge crowds and all the babes! They both square off for the ultimate bowling championship ..... Written by Jane Byron Dean <McGinty@aol.com>
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