![]()
|
|
|
CONSENSUS
Vulgar more than lives up to its title.
CAST & CREW
Brian O'Halloran, Brian Christopher, Bryan Johnson
Directed by Bryan Johnson
more...
SYNOPSIS
First-time writer-director Bryan Johnson may be best known as a member of filmmaker Kevin Smith's View Askew universe (he played Steve-Dave in MALLRATS and DOGMA), but those expecting VULGAR to be another version of CLERKS might be surprised by this off-kilter drama that is best described as Bozo the Clown meets DELIVERANCE. more...
MPAA RATING
R, disturbing, sexual violence, some shootings, and strong violence
RUNTIME
84 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 26, 2002
Video: Sep 3, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Lions Gate Films
GENRE
Comedies, Black Comedy
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Vulgar Site
------------------------------
TRAILER & MEDIA
TIDBITS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
FORUM
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 "Hey everybody, wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped? I didn't think so."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"It’s the movie equivalent of a sweaty old guy in a rain coat shopping for cheap porn."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Being unique doesn't necessarily equate to being good, no matter how admirably the filmmakers have gone for broke."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
 "The premise of this film is as audacious as they come."
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
"Imagine John Waters remaking Deliverance starring Bozo the Clown, and that's Vulgar."
-- Mike McGranaghan, AISLE SEAT
"I'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment."
-- Christopher Null, FILMCRITIC.COM
"A tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured soul."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"Makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"With cheap camera work, a script that's so awful it makes porn dialogue sound like Shakespeare and scenes that suggest some especially unsavory snuff films, there's no reason to go near this flick in the first place."
-- E! ONLINE
|
|
"Johnson has, in his first film, set himself a task he is not nearly up to."
-- Andy Klein, NEW TIMES
""Vulgar" is as far away from "Jay and Silent Bob" as you could possibly imagine, so if you are going to watch the film, try and forget there was ever a Jay, a Bob, a Dante, a Holden, a Banky and a woman named Amy, and you might get something a little more"
-- Clint Morris, MOVIEHOLE
"Looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"As unseemly as its title suggests."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Unspeakable, of course, barely begins to describe the plot and its complications. Vulgar is too optimistic a title."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
Click to read the article.
-- Rachel Sanders, APOLLO GUIDE
|
|
|
ROTTEN 14%
Avg. Rating: 2.1/10 |
"Imagine Kevin Smith, the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey, if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor. The result might look like Vulgar."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"An ugly, revolting movie."
-- Edward Guthmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"An unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse."
-- Mark Holcomb, VILLAGE VOICE
"Too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy, Vulgar is, truly and thankfully, a one-of-a-kind work."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"For those willing to risk being made very uncomfortable, this instant cult classic announces the arrival of a distinctive new talent behind the camera."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"It's hard to imagine any recent film, independent or otherwise, that makes as much of a mess as this one."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"[A] mess."
-- Henry Sheehan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
|
|
|
|
|
* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Vulgar" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
|
|
|
|
iamtheporcupine
| Most humbling moment: "Fainting at my sister's wedding. I was the maid of honor. It's all on tape." |
|
|
|
Log In 
