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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSome 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.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkPotty humor to spare. [26 July 1996, p. D4]
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovKingpin 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.
- 60EmpireEmpireAs a barrel of easy, unsophisticated laughs, Kingpin delivers in spades.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleKingpin has nastiness going for it. There are prosthesis jokes, bad-teeth jokes, ugly-women jokes, sight gags involving vomiting, etc.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWoody 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.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAt least it has Bill Murray.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe really disgusting thing about this movie isn't the crude jokes themselves, but how grossly unfunny they all are.
- 30The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe team that gave the world "Dumb and Dumber" returns with something feeble and feebler.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerThe movie itself simply misses the mark.