1991·Comedy·1h 27m
6.9
★
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.
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
alcohol
dark comedy
clown
birthday party
liquor
alcoholism
mimes
barflies
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Cast
Bobcat Goldthwait
Shakes The Clown
Julie Brown
Judy
Adam Sandler
Dink the Clown
Blake Clark
Stenchy the Clown
Tom Kenny
Binky the Clown
Paul Dooley
Owen Cheese
Kathy Griffin
Lucy
Robin Williams
Mime Class Instructor
LaWanda Page
Female Clown Barfly
Martin Charles Warner
Male Clown Barfly
Florence Henderson
The Unknown Woman
Sydney Lassick
Peppy the Clown
Crew
Bobcat Goldthwait
Director
Bobcat Goldthwait
Writer
Bobby Bukowski
Director of Photography
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Paul Colichman
Producer
Melissa Cobb
Producer
Tim Trella
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
Clarinha
6.0★ · 11/14/25
graças a deus um filme que o adam sandler nao estraga
graças a deus um filme que o adam sandler nao estraga
Kinoman4ek
1.0★ · 08/10/25
Another Horrible Movie 🎥
Another Horrible Movie 🎥
Noah J
6.0★ · 05/29/25
Fun clown movie. Stacked cast.
Fun clown movie. Stacked cast.
Jacob Paddison
5.0★ · 11/18/24
A rough, unfocused, often humourless flick that would go well as a double feature with Death to Smoochy (both feature Robin Williams chewing up the scenery). Bobcat Goldthwait lends a certain level of pathos to Sir Shakes the Clown, the mopey, alcoholic, destructive lead (if you couldn't tell!), that almost lifts this film up to that coveted 3 star rating. But alas, it doesn't all coalesce together nicely, and it's really quite unfunny at times. But man, when Tom Kenny is on screen, he really just puts everyone else to shame. He really is just one of our greatest living comedic actors, and it's a damn shame he rarely does any live-action stuff anymore. I'm beyond happy that the man has had immense success as our greatest living voice actor, and as much as I love the yellow sponge fellow, his role here as Binky the Clown is the best thing he's ever done. Think of all the voices he does in Spongebob or Rocko's Modern Life or Mission Hill, then have him cycle through all of them over the course of 3 sentences while he's coked out, clowned up, and bashing brains. It's peak comedy. Shame about the surrounding film.
A rough, unfocused, often humourless flick that would go well as a double feature with Death to Smoochy (both feature Robin Williams chewing up the scenery). Bobcat Goldthwait lends a certain level of pathos to Sir Shakes the Clown, the mopey, alcoholic, destructive lead (if you couldn't tell!), that almost lifts this film up to that coveted 3 star rating. But alas, it doesn't all coalesce together nicely, and it's really quite unfunny at times. But man, when Tom Kenny is on screen, he really just puts everyone else to shame. He really is just one of our greatest living comedic actors, and it's a damn shame he rarely does any live-action stuff anymore. I'm beyond happy that the man has had immense success as our greatest living voice actor, and as much as I love the yellow sponge fellow, his role here as Binky the Clown is the best thing he's ever done. Think of all the voices he does in Spongebob or Rocko's Modern Life or Mission Hill, then have him cycle through all of them over the course of 3 sentences while he's coked out, clowned up, and bashing brains. It's peak comedy. Shame about the surrounding film.
Will Verbiest
7.0★ · 09/17/23
Really weird but I laughed and wasn’t bored. A chilling performance by Tom Kenny
Really weird but I laughed and wasn’t bored. A chilling performance by Tom Kenny