Bill Murray has always been great at playing these detestable assholes with little to no redeeming qualities. That's not to say there isn't good stuff in here, but that's really all Bill Murray and his character. I think this film found them in a sort of limbo, since this was their first film after Dumb and Dumber and their last before Mary. That movie may have not aged well, or anything, but at the time it was pretty good. Not that they were ever experts at comedy, but they could do some fun stuff if they were given a little more freedom. That's not to say there aren't any mean-spirited jokes, which is what the Farrelly bros specialize on, but it's a safer and less dangerous version of that. Personally, I thought the film was gonna be edgier than it actually was, but it played it pretty tame. A lot of gross-out comedy in a neutered PG-13 setting. we're talking about here, so you know exactly what to expect. ![]() Much like Million Ways to Die in the West, it's simply too long for its own good without great material in order to justify its length. Who in their right mind would pick this over The Big Lebowski is beyond me. Not to say that its current status is great, but the Farrelly brothers, for all their faults, are well-known. movie it would've faded into obscurity by now. Hell, a little movie called The Big Lebowski came out relatively short after that, 2 years or so. Turns out this wasn't even the best movie centered around bowling during the 90s. Rating: PG-13 (Crude Sex-Related Humor|A Drug Scene) With the help of a gangser's girlfriend (Vanessa Angel), he plots to take Ishmael to the top of the bowling world. ![]() ![]() Years later, Roy ekes out a hardscrabble existence until he discovers Amish bowling phenom Ishmael (Randy Quaid). Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) is a young bowler with a promising career ahead of him until a disreputable colleague, Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray), tricks him into participating in a con game that ends with Roy's bowling hand crippled for life.
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