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Ready to Rumble (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 62 Fresh: 15  Rotten:47 Average Rating: 4/10
 
Consensus: Humor at its lowest that isn't funny for kids and is insulting to adults.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Synopsis: Wrestling champion Jimmy King (OLIVER PLATT) is everything die-hard wrestling fans Gordie Boggs (DAVID ARQUETTE) and Sean Dawkins (SCOTT CAAN) would love to be. A dreamer, an athlete, a true champion –- with his crown, cape and scepter, he is a giant in his profession. Other wrestlers can... Wrestling champion Jimmy King (OLIVER PLATT) is everything die-hard wrestling fans Gordie Boggs (DAVID ARQUETTE) and Sean Dawkins (SCOTT CAAN) would love to be. A dreamer, an athlete, a true champion –- with his crown, cape and scepter, he is a giant in his profession. Other wrestlers can only tremble in fear of his deadly finishing move, “The Crown” –- a two-handed flying slap.

Gordie and Sean live at home, have dead end jobs and no girlfriends, but none of that matters on Friday night when they at last get to see their idol live and in person at the local WCW coliseum.

But as the lights swirl and the Nitro girls dance, something goes horribly wrong for the King. He is ambushed by a ring-full of hostile turn-coats. At the match’s shocking end, Jimmy King takes a mighty, career-ending fall. Heartbroken and in shock, Gordie and Sean nonetheless decide to embark on an odyssey of discovery to root out their fallen hero.

In space fourteen of the St. Francis Motor Court, they come face to face with a drunken, bitter Jimmy King, a phony with a made-up past whose inspirational phrases were scripted. But Gordie and Sean will not be discouraged. Beneath the beer gut and grizzle, they still see glimpses of their hero and vow to do whatever it takes to restore their King to his throne, no matter how many rules –- or bones -- get broken in the process. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: David Arquette, Scott Caan, Oliver Platt, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan

Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriter: Steven Brill
Producer: Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: George S. Clinton

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Jul 9, 2001

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A movie made by yahoos for yahoos...the cinematic equivalent of a body-slam in which the viewer is on the receiving end.

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Features a shameless cross-promotion we had better get used to in this era of media conglomerates. The script could be mistaken for the portfolio of the Time-Warner empire.

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10/10/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Fans of ***- and feces-based humor will be rolling in the sticky, sticky aisles. Others may be only slightly amused.

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It's less about being good and more about existing to suck dollars out of wallets.

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Ready to Rumble is not much fun at all.

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A work of deviant genius, a hilarious hog wallow in juvenile mindlessness with a gentle spirit of self-mockery and a heart of gold.

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For better or worse, the majority of the jokes fall into two categories.

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