In the first half-hour of the Special Olympics comedy “The Ringer,” star Johnny Knoxville shakes his head and says, “This is wrong. This is so wrong.” He’s right. Even in church, when he confesses a ...

(12A, 94mins) Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Edward Barbanell, Jed Rees, Bill Chott, Geoffrey Arend. Directed by Barry W Blaustein. Everyone is different. Physical disability only stops ...

Anyone who has heard the pitch for the movie will be skeptical, but it’s true. “The Ringer” — a film about a man who pretends to be mentally challenged so that he can compete in the Special Olympics ...

The Ringer may be the most well-intentioned comedy of the year – which should come as a surprise to all those skeptics who hear “mentally challenged” and “the Farrelly Brothers” in the same sentence ...

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