Kingpin
Taste attributes: comedysportsfasttried & testedunsavourysimplelinearemotive & stirringall consuming questgame/competition
"You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley."
Boxlist takeAn uncomplicated, pacy comedy, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
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 naïve hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
