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The Ringer
“Make it special.”
57%
Movie
1h 34m
AI Analysis
The Ringer (2005) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Ringer (2005) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 inspi… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~94 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Ringer 57% (348 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
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from 348 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2005-12-23
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- TMDB rating
- 5.7
- TMDB ID
- 9927
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What is The Ringer about?
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 th... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Ringer?
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How long is the movie The Ringer?
The official runtime for The Ringer is approximately 94 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
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
- L
Leonard Flowers
Jimmy
- J
Janna Ambort
Karen
Steve Levy
Steve Levy
Zen Gesner
David Patrick
- A
Alcides Dias
Michael
Bo Kane
Matt
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Mohammad Ahmed
Dr. Ahmed
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