A bizarre comedy that stretches its central gimmick thinner than watered-down carnival taffy.
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05/22/08
Shakes the Clown (1992)
37 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 7 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Synopsis: Shakes the Clown (Goldthwait, who also wrote and directed) drinks too much, is late to birthday parties and his girlfriend calls it quits when he misses her big bowling tournament. But things get worse when the clown dispatcher is found dead and Shakes becomes the prime suspect. He's on the run... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Bruce Baum, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley
Reviews
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Shakes the Clown has been photographed as poorly as it was conceived.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Sporadically, but hilariously, funny. Goldthwait is great as the alcoholic, mime-hatin' clown.
03/21/03
Shakes the Clown is sick but whether it's a joke is a matter of taste. And this film is about as tasteless as they come.
01/01/00
The movie plays like a series of scene outlines -- ideas for how the movie should progress -- that needed more writing and revision before the actors were called in.
01/01/00
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