![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Roy’s naïvety quickly lands him in trouble. ![]() ![]() Written by Barry Farano (who also penned Men in Black II and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry) and Mort Nathan (who directed National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj and Boat Trip), Kingpin follows the life of Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson), a bowling prodigy from small-town Ocelot, Iowa who heads out on a nationwide professional bowling circuit after winning the 1979 Iowa State championship. Raunchy, ribald, and yet intermittently warm-hearted, the movie is clearly a collective effort-the byproduct of a comedic team who are all tapped into the same juvenile wavelength. Directed by the Farrelly Brothers at the peak of their popularity, Kingpin’s bawdy humor fits their sensibilities (see Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary) so perfectly it is a shock to learn that they did not write the screenplay. ![]()
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