To me, this movie is perfection.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The acting in this movie is really good.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Sorry, but I don't agree with the people here. The acting was diabolical, it was like porn movie acting, it was terrible.I fell asleep through it, it wasn't gripping, it wasn't impressive, it was a badly acted, thrown together film. and even though I had fallen asleep, it was like I had watched the whole thing, very apt there is torture in this film as it was torture for me to watch it.This was referred to me by a friend, who incidentally had never seen it, but read reviews, possibly on here, where the gushing kissing of asses is so evident.The lead actor is terrible, he cannot act, in fact none of them can act, Suplee does what he does best, plays weirdos and Mewes is doing the same role as usual, it's the sort of film that had been written in a day and then filmed over two days, it is that bad.If you are an artsy fartsy type, then you may like this film, or you may just say you like the film to make yourself appear cultured, but you are only fooling yourself. Don't believe the hype.A film about a violent sexual assault and I fell asleep, well it says it all doesn't it?

All right let's get this out of the way first. This is often known as "That Kevin Smith Clown Rape Movie" Let's tackle these misconceptions. First of all, Kevin Smith did not write or direct this movie, Byran Johnson did. Smith produced it, and huzzah to him for allowing this great movie to come about. Smith also had a cameo. Many, many View Askew actors had parts in this. Jason Mewes, Ethan Surplee, Walt Flanagan and others had cameos and small roles. Bryan "Steve-Dave" Johnson also had a fairly large part. Now, about the clown rape. YES a clown is raped. NO, it is not funny. Nor is it supposed to be. This movie is a very serious movie that is full of emotions and you really, really feel for these characters. I mean, you might just cry after all the crud Will "Flappy/Vulgar" Carlson is put through. This movie also has a good amount of comedy in it. Nothing to extreme. Not all of it is funny, but accents the rather serious tone rather well. You must understand though, this is not a comedy. You WILL NOT LAUGH AT A CLOWN BEING RAPED. Unless you enjoy physically raping clowns yourself you will either be offended, horrified or engrossed, or all three. This movie is really great, though. The acting is what sets it apart from all other low budget films. O'Halloran's acting is beyond anything he's put forth so far. No one else would be able to portray the range of emotions he goes through whilst also looking like a common man throughout. You will coo at his heartwarming love of children. You will be thoroughly touched by his depressing life. You will cheer for him when the going is good, and stick with him when the going is bad. And the going gets really bad. The rest of the acting is above par as well, especially the psychotic trio. You will be generally disgusted at these sick, vulgar beings. And that's what makes this movie standout. Amazing acting. Cinematography is also excellent here, with a few shots that make my keen eyes widen. Johnson and Scott Mosier did a good editing job and the soundtrack is quite good, and even worth a purchase for it's interesting mix of under-the-radar music of varying genres, while not overpowering the film itself. Flaws? Yeah, a few. One, it's really melodramatic. Sometimes the drama is just too much. Thankfully it's cut out with some humor, though sometimes in the midst of things it's not that funny. Also, many loose ends that you would like tied up are left open. This works well in the end, but sometimes during the movie you'll go "huh". Overall, this isn't for the "ha-ha Kevin Smith makes nice dick jokes" crowd, so much as die-hard fans. But anyone who has a strong stomach and a sensible mind can relate to this poor clown's existence in perhaps the most underrated film of all time. Go buy it!

(Some spoilers for a portion of the movie to give you a setup for what this film really is and that is not a comedy.) The movie traces the trials and tribulations of a poor schmuck trying to scrape by as a kids party clown with a castrating mother in a nursing home. He is paying her freight, which she has no appreciation for, and is understandably behind on his own bills. He shows that he has a good heart early on with a small kindness that most in his situation would not extend, but life doesn't see it clear to cut him a break.Instead he tries a somewhat odd idea of being a gag entertainer for bachelor parties. He figures he can be a fake stripper showing up dressed in stripper garb and everyone have a good laugh on the groom. The first time out things go horribly wrong when he encounters a nightmare father and his equally sick and perverse sons who set him up to be their 'entertainment' for the evening. (We learn just how sick later on, as of this scene wasn't 'vulgar' enough.) At this point it becomes painfully obvious that anyone calling this movie a comedy is mis-categorizing it horribly. From there on the movie and his life takes some major twists and turns both good and bad.The movie is vulgar as some have stated, but what is vulgar about it is the truth that the horrible people in this movie do in fact exist and horrible things do happen to decent people. I think that was the message this film is trying to convey.His mother, the sadistic father (and his sons), and another father in the film (and many small characters) are examples of what is the worst of our society.Flappy/Vulgar is just a regular guy, along with his buddy, trying to get by in (sometimes) horrible circumstances. I found the end satisfying, others may not. I think two of the biggest problems people will have with the film are: 1) They go in thinking Kevin Smith = funny. It does start out a bit in the vain of a dark comedy. Also, Kevin Smith has a fairly amusing small role. But, obviously it is no comedy.2) The slap in the face that is the transition for the viewer from (thinking) dark comedy to wow this is very dark subject matter and serious.All in all not what I expected knowing only that it was View Askew.However, I give the writer/director and Kevin Smith credit for having the stones to make something original. The movie went from mildly amusing to horrifying to intriguing to disturbing to tense and came to rest on a satisfying ending (at least for this viewer).A decent movie if you go in expecting the right thing.

Geez, dunno how people can like this movie.It tries for the snappy dialogue of Pulp Fiction. Failed miserably. Really bad acting.You wonder why there are so many starving actors around...well this movie's a good reason why.It was a little interesting in the beginning, but just went completely downhill from there.Still can't get over how bad the acting job was.Don't these people watch their own movies and reshoot mistakes and crap?