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Shakes the Clown
Loved by children. Desired by women. Adored by bartenders everywhere.
Loved by children. Desired by women. Adored by bartenders everywhere.
Comedy, Crime - 1991
Shakes the Clown
5.6
38%
N/A
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
28 Aug 1991
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,400,000
Revenue:
$115,103
Awards:
1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Basically a redneck drive-in movie in style and delivery.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
22 May 2008
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