Vulgar (Unrated Edition) |  | Actors: Don Gentile, David Gilbert (III), Aaron Hakeem, Brian Hartsgrove, Erik Johnson (II)
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  82 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: VMMD8120D
ISBN: 1588176274
UPC: 031398812029
EAN: 9781588176271
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: September 3, 2002
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Product Description
A once ridiculed and downtrodden clown elevates to celebrity status when he saves a child from a hostage situation but being a household name soon brings his skeletons out of the closet. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Brian Christopher Ohalloran Ethan Suplee Run time: 87 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Kevin Smith
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 Horrible in every conceivable way. November 5, 2009
D. Ferrari
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I truly feel sorry for anyone who actually bought this movie. I'd warn of SPOILERS but really your senses of sight and hearing are enough to spoil this movie. I rented it with my now wife then girlfriend as I am a HUGE Kevin Smith fan and I introduced her early on in our relationship to the movies he had out to date I believe it was up through Dogma at that point and we have seen every one of his movies since then in the theater.
We rented this because of the view askew label. She left and went to bed shortly after the brutal rape scene. I stuck it out just to make sure the "bad guys" got their come uppance, but the movie is nearly unwatchable. Whether it's the completely unfunny writing, the completely nonsense story and plot that has no cohesiveness at all, or the fact that through about half of the movie the voices and actors' mouths are completely out of sync like watching an old Kung Fu movie. I sat and suffered through bad acting and worse dialogue the only time I actually laughed was when Jay Mewes showed up as the gun salesman and is... well it's Jay except with guns instead of drugs. At this point you have an idea of how this tragically bad story is going to end but here is where it earns the one star there is a pretty decent twist with the pay off at the end and I won't completely give it away in case you are morbidly curious about this steaming pile of dog doo, but to quote Randall "evil is punished" Let me clarify I didn't want to see the bad guys punished out of any sympathy for the clown. I just wanted to see if there was ANYTHING redeeming about this movie. There really isn't.
The time spent watching this movie would be better doing something more enjoyable like having a root canal, or getting kicked in the grapes repeatedly, or having a tooth drilled without any novocaine.... you get the idea.
 own it November 20, 2008
Joe Smola
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
do not buy this movie because it is a view askew production title. do buy it if u like shock cinema. some very decent acting. some soso.
very disappointed September 5, 2008
Margaret Perry (keyport,nj)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
i returned this product, i hit the wrong item i didn not want the unrated version of this movie when i realized i did fot the wrong one i returned it and i got back half of what i paid for it, i dont think i will order from amazon anymore because the return policy sucks.
This is not a Kevin Smith movie and not a comedy April 9, 2008
Magitek85
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is by his friend Bryan Johnson and only produced by Kevin. It's not supposed to be funny. If you want a Kevin Smith comedy, steer clear of this. If you want a deep, dark, and very excellent movie, watch it. A lot of people say this is the most disgusting movie they've seen and it made them sick to their stomach. I am someone who turns their head at the gore in horror movies and could never stomach anything like Saw or Hostel, but I had no problem with this movie. It is not physically sickening. It is very disturbing yes, but life is disturbing. If you want a happy cheery flick, then this isn't it, but it is a very good movie thats definetly worth watching. I'm sick of Kevin Smith fans going into this expecting it to be exactly like his movies. I love Kevin Smith movies, but this isn't a Kevin Smith movie so don't go into it thinking it will be anything like his. You have to have an appreciation for dark dramatic movies to enjoy this.
CLOWN RAPE IS NOT FUNNY!!!! March 26, 2008
J. (Somewhere In Time)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
THIS IS A REVIEW FOR THE THEATRICAL VERSION, AMAZON GOOFED AND SENT ME THE WRONG ONE.
'Vulgar' is a 2000 film directed by Bryan Johnson and produced by Kevin Smith. It stars Brain O'Halloran and a number of actors from the 'Askewniverse'(Jersey movies').
The film jumps into the life of Will Carlson, a young adult scraping out a meeger living as a clown, usually performing at various childrens parties. We see pretty quick that Will just can't seem to catch a break. He lives in a bad neighborhood, drives a beat up car, has no girl-friend, and worst of all; He has recently had to put his cruel and unforgiving mother in a nursing home. Not only is he struggling to support himself, but has to pay for the nursing home that his mother resents him for placing her in.
After a conversation with a friend(played by Johnson),he decides to solicite himself as an adult entertainer at bachelor parties. He books a gig at a motel, only to have things go horribly wrong. A demented father and his two sons take Will hostage and repetedly rape and torture him, as well as video-tape the event. After the ordeal, Will successfully puts it behind him....Until the video surfaces.
The plot is very grim, and definetly threw me for a loop. DO NOT THINK THAT THIS IS A 'JERSEY COMEDY'!! This is by no means a comedy, and has very little humor. The movie jumps right into Will's life, and is from his point of view. We don't know much about Will's past, or why his standing in life is so bad. The fact that Will wants to be a clown, and dialoge with is mother implies that Will had a bad childhood and is trying fill that void.
The acting is solid, but a little stiff in places. The part of Will was specificlly written for Brian O'. Brain O'. really brings a sence of realism to a situation that I can't bring myself to think about. Will lives in a world of s**t, but Brian plays the character with undeterred hope, and you strongly empathize with him.
This movie is littered with familiar faces from Smith's other movies(to many to list, you'll know them when you see them.
As far as the dialoge goes this is similair to Smith's movies; There are moments of stiff exposition that goes by fast, and can have you straining to keep up, but isn't a major issue.
The editing is good. The movie moves at a good pace, but is a little stiff at times. There are a few isolated moments of humor that seem unbalanced and throw the given parts off a little, but doesn't take away from the movie overall. I'm a little puzzled at the ending, but it's not bad.
The cinematography looks cheap and raw, but brings a 'you are there' feeling to the film. If you don't like the look of low-budjet movies, you'll probably have issues with this.
This movie was written in 29 days, and filmed in 26, and given that they had a VERY small budjet, it's a solid effort by those involved. This is a good film, but it is dark, brutal, unhappy and might leave you feeling empty inside. WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Thanks to Chris Blackshere for recomending this one.
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