Kingpin (1996) Critic Reviews

Some of the gags don't work, and yet I laughed at the Farrellys' audacity in trying them. And the humor isn't just gags and punch lines, but one accomplished comic performance after another.Read the full review

Potty humor to spare. [26 July 1996, p. D4]Read the full review

Peter and Bobby Farrelly aimed low and grossed millions with "Dumb & Dumber," so it shouldn't be surprising that Kingpin, their latest effort, offers a similar mix of pratfalls, gross-out gags and jokes about bodily functions. This time, however, the humor is darker, edgier and occasionally, even more scatological.Read the full review

Kingpin has nastiness going for it. There are prosthesis jokes, bad-teeth jokes, ugly-women jokes, sight gags involving vomiting, etc.Read the full review

The really disgusting thing about this movie isn't the crude jokes themselves, but how grossly unfunny they all are.Read the full review

The team that gave the world "Dumb and Dumber" returns with something feeble and feebler.Read the full review

Lowest-common-denominator humor.Read the full review