On a second viewing (after the disappointing first), it grows on you, surprisingly. Of course it's outrageous in places, but somehow it manages to turn this into a peculiar kind of humor, highlighted through repetition (well, see the landlady's recurrent appearances). It has some really laughable lines, situations and scenes, and its very situation (bowling glory) is especially prone to satire and ridicule addressed to its exaggerated subculture (hence, also to other aspects of society).
Review of Kingpin
