May 16, 2008
weird and wonderful dark comedy starriing a perfectly cast.. em cast lol.
Georgina Cates, Gregory Sporleder, Janeane Garofalo
One lazy summer in Mercer, Montana (population 1,536 - but not for long), easygoing Clay Bidwell endures a comically hellish odyssey. It all starts when Clay's best friend Earl doesn't take too kindly...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
Stats: 450 reviews
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May 8, 2008Sheriff Mooney: Promise me something there, will you?
Clay Bidwell: What's that?
Sheriff Mooney: Promise you'll stop finding dead people.
This is a little known flick from 1998 starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vince Vaughn, before they became big stars. It's a quirky dark comedy mix...( read more) -
September 2, 2007Clay Pigeons is a most under-rated film. A dark comedy that has characters who are more like caricatures, a plot that is strange and weird, yet very engrossing push this film to above average for the genre. A well done directorial debut from David Dobkin, the extremely well wri...( read more)
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September 30, 2009The storyline has been done before but Vince Vaughn makes the whole movie. His laugh is priceless.
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August 1, 2009I just re-watched this and really liked it, it is better than I remembered actually. cool and weird story with some great twists and turns.
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July 25, 2009Great retro-noir film starring Joaquin Phoenix as Clay Bidwell, an average guy whose life begins to unravel when his best friend commits suicide due to an affair Clay had with his wife. Things get even more complicated for Clay when Lester Long, a charming and overly friendly dri...( read more)
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June 20, 2009Clay Pigeons is a most under-rated film. A dark comedy that has characters who push this film to an interesting climax.
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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August 5, 2009I can't beleive how young Vince is wow.. Never heard of this movie now it is my goal to find it :)...
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