Clay Pigeons
Gramercy Pictures (I) | Release Date: September 25, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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11
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11
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Film.comJohn Hartl
An OK debut effort, but like so many "Pulp Fiction" wannabes, it lacks freshness and energy.
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
I wanted to take these two characters somewhere else and make a real movie about them...But Vaughn provides so many spooky, hilarious, unhinged moments, you won't mind sitting through it. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Nasty fun all around. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsDave Kehr
Cold-blooded comedy.
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Visual flourishes (handsomely lensed by Eric Edwards on Utah locales standing in for Montana) are polished but derivative, with too many time-lapse sky views, reminiscent of Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho." Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Much of the acting is energetically good. Moviegoers familiar with "Fargo" and "Red Rock West" will find this adventure eerily familiar. Read full review
50
The New YorkerJay Fielden
The supporting cast of yokels commit plenty of redneck faux pas, but the witty script is weighed down by the director David Dobkin's heavy hand. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubJoe Garden
Perhaps this will seem fresh and interesting years down the road, when the self-aware-thriller genre has long played out, but for now, it's a tired horse that should have been put down in the pitch meeting. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
"You've got a sense of humor, I like that," Lester Long proclaims at one point. Well, we all like that, but would it be asking too much to have a little coherence to go along with it? Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Its blurring of the line between parody and exploitation only makes it totally innocuous. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Dobkin, in his directorial debut, seems ready and willing to ply the conventions of film noir in the harsh Montana daylight, but Clay Pigeons never manages to reach the crucial suspense plateaus that noir demands. Read full review
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