It's got unpredictable plot twists and unexpected laughs coming out of dark corners.
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01/01/00
Clay Pigeons (1998)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:32
Rotten:18
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Joaquin Phoenix is Clay, a young Montana man who is distressed over the suicide of his friend, the wife of whom Clay was having an affair with. When he befriends a charismatic serial killer (Vince... [More]
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates
Director: David Dobkin
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Reviews for Clay Pigeons
Top CriticNo review available.
10/17/03
Vince Vaughn could make a career out of playing psychos and womanizers -- I wouldn't mind.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/27/05
For all its artful plot turns and camera angles, the film is most interesting when it eases up on such techniques and observes the interactions among these principals, along with Scott Wilson as ultra-low-key Sheriff Mooney.
01/01/00
You can do a lot with black comedy: show dead bodies, show naked bodies, juxtapose irony and fear, strike cultural poses, tell jokes -- and you don't need a big budget. You just need attitude. And, hopefully, skill.
01/01/00
This quirky comedy thriller, produced by Ridley Scott, is both blackly funny and, at times, tensely disturbing and quite macabre.
02/09/06
Lifted from being just average by strong acting and an amusing script, this is a good bet if you're looking for something offbeat.
01/01/00
No gutter humor here, just a veritable country-and-western serial murder comedy. Yeehaw!
01/01/00
No review available.
08/08/05
The performances are simply wonderful.
08/28/01
You love everybody you are supposed to love, and hate everybody you are supposed to hate. And Healy flips you back and forth on that for some characters.
01/01/00
Best of all is Vince Vaughn, who worked together with Mr. Phoenix in a more forthright role in Return to Paradise, and who shows his depth in a wholly distinct performance.
01/01/00
The darkly comedic melodrama is well-acted and entertaining, though a bit pale compared to some illustrious predecessors.
01/01/00
This is not your classic whodunit. It's blacker, funnier, and edgier.
05/14/03
Vince Vaughn pulls off another dynamic performance as Lester the self-proclaimed "molester," and spices his character up with one of the honkiest laughs this side of Fran Drescher.
01/01/00
Actually brings a clean, new and very funny edge to the weathered genre of crime and sleaze.
06/05/02
Great performance by Vaughn
12/31/04
The boyishly braying laugh Vaughn punctuates his conversations with is a true actor's finesse on his character.
04/09/05
Latest News for Clay Pigeons
April 11, 2006:
"Crashers" Director to Battle the Undead
Filmmaker David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Clay Pigeons) has his next project lined up over at Universal: Based on a comic book series by Peter Lenkov, R.I.P.D. is a sci-fi... More...
February 27, 2006:
Vince Vaughn Gets His "Claus" Into a New Holiday Comedy
According to Variety, funny guy Vince Vaughn will star in a new holiday comedy entitled "Fred Claus," a project that'll reunite him with his "Clay Pigeons"... More...
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