Ringmaster

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Ringmaster

R

Released Nov 25, 1998

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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Jerry Farrelly (Jerry Springer) hosts a controversial talk show where guests with lurid lives confront each other. After Connie (Molly Hagan) finds her daughter, Angel (Jaime Pressly), sleeping with stepfather, Rusty (Michael Dudikoff), the three are flown to Los Angeles for the program. Starletta (Wendy Raquel Robinson), her boyfriend, Demond (Michael Jai White), and the three women he's been cheating on her with also arrive for the episode. Soon, shameless Demond starts chasing after Angel.

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Critics Consensus

A crude, idiotic mess of a film.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2011

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

You'd expect this material to be dealt with in a careless and seamy way, but Ringmaster is a better movie than I expected.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

those hoping for inside dirt will instead be rewarded with a fictitious, shoddy piece of claptrap that has nothing to say about Springer...

Rated: .5/4

Dec 27, 2005

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 0/5

Oct 5, 2005

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 1.5 hours of fake reality television and acting funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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Audience Member

I gave this movie 2 stars I understand that this movie is not everyone's cup of tea. I used to have this movie on v.h.s. years ago. Yes it is like a Jerry Springer show rolled into a movie, cheesy corny I miss this movie I would so watch it again, but hard to find it was alright kinda funny and passed the time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Totally bizarre movie that seemed like it was maybe going somewhere but never did in the end

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Mostly boring and pointless from what I remembered.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Just think of it as a "good" bad movie and you'll have fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

requires weed or excessive amounts of booze to even contemplate watching more than 20 minutes. still no doubt will go down as a cult classic.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Neil Abramson

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Jaime Pressly

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Molly Hagan

Connie Zorzak

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Rusty

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Synopsis

Jerry Farrelly (Jerry Springer) hosts a controversial talk show where guests with lurid lives confront each other. After Connie (Molly Hagan) finds her daughter, Angel (Jaime Pressly), sleeping with stepfather, Rusty (Michael Dudikoff), the three are flown to Los Angeles for the program. Starletta (Wendy Raquel Robinson), her boyfriend, Demond (Michael Jai White), and the three women he's been cheating on her with also arrive for the episode. Soon, shameless Demond starts chasing after Angel.

Director: Neil Abramson
Producer: Gary W. Goldstein, Bradley Jenkel, Gina Rugolo, Jerry Springer, Steven Stabler
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Production Co: Motion Picture Corporation of America, Kushner-Locke Company, Artisan Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 25, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.2M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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