Shakes the Clown

Roger Ebert

Goldthwait, who wrote, directed, and stars, takes this promising idea and doesnt do much with it.There are some very funny lines scattered here and there in the movie, but Goldthwait is better at monologues than dialogue and dramatic situations, and so his characters have a tendency to stay put (often at a bar) while saying their lines. ( Read More )

Kevin N. Laforest

I dont know, but mimes are much more laughable than clowns.So, Shakes the Clown will probably wont make you laugh much, but its still interesting if just to watch Goldwaith and Sandler messing around as clowns. ( Read More )

Marc Savlov

As you may have guessed, this is an exceedingly dark comedy, and much of the films warped humor comes out of situations that in any other film would be pathetic. ( Read More )

But nobody will see SHAKES THE CLOWN as a powerful plea for sobriety. ( Read More )

David Nusair

Anchored by Hamiltons star making performance, the movie essentially transforms into a engrossing, low key character study that manages to avoid many of the trappings and cliches of the genre (that things dont quite end up the way one mightve predicted is certainly a testament to Goldthwaits surprisingly original screenplay). ( Read More )