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.
75
USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
Potty humor to spare. [26 July 1996, p. D4]
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Kingpin is no classic, but I've got to admit that after sitting though a number of the film's less-than-inspiring previews over the last few weeks, I wasn't exactly expecting the second coming of Laurel and Hardy.
60
Empire
Empire
As a barrel of easy, unsophisticated laughs, Kingpin delivers in spades.
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Kingpin has nastiness going for it. There are prosthesis jokes, bad-teeth jokes, ugly-women jokes, sight gags involving vomiting, etc.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray give riotous performances, but be warned that the comedy is overloaded with gross-out humor from beginning to end.
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
At least it has Bill Murray.
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The really disgusting thing about this movie isn't the crude jokes themselves, but how grossly unfunny they all are.