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.
