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Vulgar (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 6  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 3.2/10
 
Consensus: Vulgar more than lives up to its title.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Synopsis: First-time writer-director Bryan Johnson may be best known as a member of filmmaker Kevin Smith's View Askew universe (he played Steve-Dave in MALLRATS and DOGMA), but those expecting VULGAR to be another version of CLERKS might be surprised by this off-kilter drama that is best described... First-time writer-director Bryan Johnson may be best known as a member of filmmaker Kevin Smith's View Askew universe (he played Steve-Dave in MALLRATS and DOGMA), but those expecting VULGAR to be another version of CLERKS might be surprised by this off-kilter drama that is best described as Bozo the Clown meets DELIVERANCE. Brian O'Halloran (Dante from CLERKS) plays Will, aka Flappy the Clown, an earnest, downtrodden guy desperately trying to make a living as a clown. Will is a constant target of abuse--from the drunks flinging projectiles on his ratty lawn to his nursing home-bound mother's streams of vitriol. Barely scraping by, Will has an "epiphany" about how to make more money--by hiring himself out for bachelor parties as Vulgar, a clown sporting a bustier and garters. On his first outing, Will instead finds himself in a terrifying situation with the psychotic Ed (Jerry Lewkovitz) and his two inbred sons. After a life-changing violation that Will only reveals to his friend, Syd (Johnson), some luck finally comes his way via a television executive (a cameo from Kevin Smith). However, more trouble awaits the put-upon clown in Johnson's dark, disturbing tale. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Brian Christopher, Bryan Johnson, Jerry Lewkowitz, Ethan Suplee

Director: Bryan Johnson
Producer: Monica Hampton

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 9, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

Reviews

 
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06/06/08
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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1/4

...an amateurish, unpleasant, and primarily worthless effort...

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01/31/08
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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2/5

No review available.

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08/17/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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2/5

Fairly inept stuff.

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04/02/05
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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B

A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured soul.

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01/06/03
Robert Roten
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B-

As unseemly as its title suggests.

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12/10/02
Dennis Schwartz
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38/100

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10/08/02
Rachel Sanders
Apollo Guide
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"Vulgar" is as far away from "Jay and Silent Bob" as you could possibly imagine, so if you are going to watch the film, try and forget there was ever a Jay, a Bob, a Dante, a Holden, a Banky and a woman named Amy, and you might get something a little more

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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6/10

The premise of this film is as audacious as they come.

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09/04/02
JoBlo
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1/5

It’s the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn.

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09/01/02
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com
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2/5

I'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment.

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08/25/02
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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3/4

Imagine John Waters remaking Deliverance starring Bozo the Clown, and that's Vulgar.

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08/19/02
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat
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2/4

Being unique doesn't necessarily equate to being good, no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke.

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05/17/02
Michael Dequina
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0/4

An ugly, revolting movie.

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05/03/02
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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F

Imagine Kevin Smith, the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey, if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor. The result might look like Vulgar.

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05/03/02
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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0.5/4

Hey everybody, wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped? I didn't think so.

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05/02/02
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire
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An unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse.

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04/30/02
Mark Holcomb
Village Voice
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.5/4

It's hard to imagine any recent film, independent or otherwise, that makes as much of a mess as this one.

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04/26/02
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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0/4

Unspeakable, of course, barely begins to describe the plot and its complications. Vulgar is too optimistic a title.

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04/26/02
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News
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F

With cheap camera work, a script that's so awful it makes porn dialogue sound like Shakespeare and scenes that suggest some especially unsavory snuff films, there's no reason to go near this flick in the first place.

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04/26/02
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