Synopsis: Steve Barker is a nice guy stuck in a mundane desk job when a twist of fate turns his life--and his definition of success--upside down. When Steve works up the courage to ask his boss for a promotion, his wish is surprisingly granted, with one condition: Steve must first fire Stave, the long-time janitor at the company. To soften the blow, Steve offers to employ the distraught janitor himself, a decision that quickly backfires when a lawn care accident lands Stavi in the hospital missing several fingers not to mention medical insurance. Desperate for the cash to save Stavi's digits, Steve enlists the help of his smarmy uncle Gary, who's worried about his own skyrocketing gambling debts. In typical fashion, Gary comes up with an unthinkable, contemptible, lower-than-low scheme just crazy enough to seem doable: former track star Steve will compete in the upcoming Special Olympics as a "ringer," handily defeating the greatest champion of all time, six-time Gold Medal pentathlete Jimmy, whom Gary will bet against. Racked with remorse over Stavi, Steve begrudgingly goes along with the scandalous plan and transforms himself into "Jeffy," his new alter-ego. But succeeding at being intellectually challenged turns out to be a far greater challenge than Steve ever imagined. From convincing Special Olympics volunteer Lynn Sheridan, with whom Steve is smitten; to trying to win the friendship of his feisty fellow competitors, Steve is stumped, not to mention not nearly good enough to win any of his events. To make matters worse, Steve's co-competitors soon get wise to his scam. But instead of turning against him they decide to join him and train Steve as a competitor themselves, hoping he can topple the arrogant Jimmy from the podium. With a training regimen unlike anything ever seen in sports before, Steve prepares to go for the Gold for his new friends--and, in the process, stumbles at long last upon his personal best.
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Bill Chott
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
U.S. Rating: PG-13
The movie producers couldn't choose a better character for this role. Jhonny Knoxville was the man for this movie. He's well known for their childish, retard, annoying (but really funny) show "Jackass". According with many critics, Knoxville impressed many people with this role, since he hasn't been considered a professional actor. The thing is that it could be considered a risky role, being related with mentally retarded roles. It turned really well at the end! I could consider this movie a really funny and entertaining one, good plot, great cast, lots of funny scenes and situations and especially, a good end with a good message about honesty, respect, friendship and loyalty.
What did I like from this movie?
1. Brian Cox playing as the horrible uncle pushing his useless nephew to get in the Special Olympics! Just to get the money to pay back his debts for gambling
2. The first scenes when Knoxville gets in the camp and has to face the other retarded guys. They seemed to be smarter than him, since they detected that there was something wrong with him as soon as they met him
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. Knoxville didn't need to go through some unnecessary scenes where he either hurts himself, but hey... he's a "Jackass" guy so, what could you ask for?
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
Directed by: Barry Blaustein
U.S. Rating: PG-13
The movie producers couldn't choose a better character for this role. Jhonny Knoxville was the man for this movie. He's well known for their childish, retard, annoying (but really funny) show "Jackass". According with many critics, Knoxville impressed many people with this role, since he hasn't been considered a professional actor. The thing is that it could be considered a risky role, being related with mentally retarded roles. It turned really well at the end! I could consider this movie a really funny and entertaining one, good plot, great cast, lots of funny scenes and situations and especially, a good end with a good message about honesty, respect, friendship and loyalty.
What did I like from this movie?
1. Brian Cox playing as the horrible uncle pushing his useless nephew to get in the Special Olympics! Just to get the money to pay back his debts for gambling
2. The first scenes when Knoxville gets in the camp and has to face the other retarded guys. They seemed to be smarter than him, since they detected that there was something wrong with him as soon as they met him
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. Knoxville didn't need to go through some unnecessary scenes where he either hurts himself, but hey... he's a "Jackass" guy so, what could you ask for?
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
What did you like or dislike from this movie? What would you rate this movie?
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Mark and I LOVE this movie!! I'm not a huge fan of Jackass but I AM a huge fan of Johnny Knoxville! Just the fact that he names himself "Jeffy Dahmer" is hilarious! I am also going to have to applaud him for the use of some "special" people in this film. The fact is that he did raise some awareness of the Special Olympics and, more than that, he showed us that these people DO have personalities and they CAN be our friends. Not all the actors were actually disabled but a good portion of them were and I'm glad he did that.