Who is retarded in the ringer

He has what was known as highly-functioning MR. At the time, anyone with an IQ of less than 80 was allowed to participate in Special Olympics the threshold has since been "raised" to 70 , and Flowers, who grew up with five siblings in San Antonio's rough Denver Heights neighborhood, tested time and again in the acceptable SO range. Nothing came of the challenge. The next year, Flowers-who played tennis, hoops and football at Brackenridge High-won two silvers and a bronze in tennis at the International SO.

By the time he'd nabbed two golds and a silver at the games, an icon had been born. He speaks on behalf of SO some 50 times a year, and in he appeared on a Wheaties box. He's so well-known in SO circles that when Ringer director Barry Blaustein asked the organization to help cast an actual athlete in the role of cocky champ Jimmy Washington, Flowers was the first name offered. The smile, the bling and the shades all screamed Rickey.

Or Deion. Or Chad Johnson. Adds Blaustein: "He had this look that said, I'm really hot s-. Blaustein took 10 minutes to explain the role of Jimmy Washington, then spent the next two hours in awe. He asked Flowers to name his favorite actor. Y'all be cool. Blaustein knew he'd found his actor. Says the director: "He's really going to challenge people's perceptions. Quite the opposite, in fact. When Knoxville's character scratches a CD that belongs to his SO roommate-played by intellectually disabled actor Edward Barbanellthe roomie's lack of coping skills leads to what may be the film's funniest scene.

For the year-old actor, that means introducing Flowers to Jackass humor. Ten minutes into the photo shoot, with stylists giggling and the stars jelling like they were back on set, Knoxville says to Flowers, "We're on fire! Moments later, Flowers lords over Knoxville like a matador, heel jammed in his co-star's back. The pose lasts for 25 minutes. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Hamilton has Neymar onside ahead of Brazil GP.

Sources: Barca lack funds for January transfers. Benzema can still play for France if guilty - FFF. During his classic Hollywood awakening—in which Steve learns a little something about life—his gang of wacky and sassy Special Olympic peers discover that Jeffy's not so special after all.

As is widely publicized, the Special Olympics were fully on board with this movie—and it feels like the Farrellys relinquished all creative control to the Special Olympics board who are not retarded, by the way , screening it relentlessly for families of the handicapped and removing all the offensive parts. This isn't the total kiss of death; it's just that instead of being a sick, twisted comedy, The Ringer 's merely an uplifting comedy with a few good laughs.

At least there's a really funny retard who absolutely kills me with his big line: "When the fuck did we get ice cream? The Ringer's Retarded! Hey—That's Not Nice! The most fascinating part are the interviews with Special Olympics advisors and participants who had a hand in developing the film. The "Special Olympics" featurette and the interview with Tim Shriver feel a bit odd. They're really poorly compressed, looking like they were streamed off a VHS video. Something specifically made for the film or, at least, something new would have been good.

But these two features feel kind of like a last-minute addition in an attempt to further clear the film of any guilt. The deleted scenes are decent, but look terrible. Overall, what was cut deserved to be cut: jokes that didn't work, extra beats of scenes, stuff like that. You're not missing much if you skip this feature. Overall, there's a fair number of features, but they're generally mediocre.

With the exception of the fun commentary and making-of feature, the extras are generally not worth your time Score: 5 out of 10 The Bottom Line The Ringer is a movie I really wanted to like.

Listening to the commentary, you can tell that the filmmakers had a good time and did something positive with their comedy, but the final product stills feels a bit stilted by the message it delivers. With the mediocre video, sound, and features, this disc is very blah. Was this article informative? YES NO. In This Article.

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