The Clapper
Momentum Pictures | Release Date: January 26, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
21
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
1
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksApr 28, 2017
The Clapper is a sharp combination of sweet romance and biting satire on the cruelties committed in the name of entertainment. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJan 25, 2018
Montiel treats his story's happily unsung oddballs with sincere affection. He doesn't hold them up to ridicule, or insist that they snap out of their quirkiness and conform. But he doesn't quite know what to do with them. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 3, 2018
The Clapper isn’t hateful, which is a huge step up for Montiel. It’s merely puerile, insipid, clumsy with only the barest hints of believeability. Read full review
34
Paste MagazineJacob OllerJan 25, 2018
The Clapper is just so boring and corny that all the audience can do is either feel bad for Helms or disingenuously applaud his unsuccessful efforts, mimicking his character’s chosen vocation. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 28, 2017
The movie is not entirely without charm — although it’s safe to say, it’s mostly without charm. In fact, the movie has so little charm to offer that it borders on insipid. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJan 26, 2018
So poorly done, its tone so lackadaisical and uncommitted, it's not clear half the time what you're even watching. If it's supposed to be a comedy, it's not funny. If it's supposed to be a satire, it doesn't know what it's satirizing. The biggest problem is that the stakes are never high enough to invest in any of it. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonJan 21, 2018
Though it pretends to stick up for all the schmucks in the world, the film is really just laughing along with the assholes. Read full review
20
Village VoiceTatiana CraineJan 25, 2018
The Clapper unsuccessfully attempts to be sincere and embrace the absurdity of its characters’ lives. Read full review
16
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezApr 28, 2017
Bafflingly witless, The Clapper is an oblivious non-starter with myriad deficiencies. Artless and clueless at every turn, writer/director Dito Montiel’s inane movie is a one-note half-gag somehow stretched into a painful 90-minute movie. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 25, 2018
Writer-director Dito Montiel, adapting his novel, takes an ill-conceived premise and drives it into the ground with a painful, tone-deaf approach to both social satire and romantic comedy. Read full review
10
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 25, 2018
Mashing limp romance and artless satire into a ludicrously contrived plot, The Clapper lurches from one mirthlessly eccentric scene to another. Read full review
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