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Play trailer Poster for Ringmaster R Released Nov 25, 1998 1h 30m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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A crude, idiotic mess of a film.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 0/5 Oct 5, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member Mostly boring and pointless from what I remembered. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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