The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
1,013 audience votes
Key crew
- Bobby FarrellyDirector
- Peter FarrellyDirector
- Freedy JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
- Barry FanaroWriter
- Mort NathanWriter
Cast
- Woody HarrelsonRoy Munson
- Randy QuaidIshmael Boorg
- Vanessa AngelClaudia
- Bill MurrayErnie McCracken
- Chris ElliottThe Gambler
- William JordanMr. Boorg
- Nancy Frey-JareckiSarah Boorg
- Richard TysonOwner Of Stiffy's
- Lin ShayeLandlady
- Zen GesnerThomas
- Prudence Wright HolmesMrs. Boorg
- Rob MoranStanley Osmanski
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Themes
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