Vulgar (2002)

Redundant and unnecessary.

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Where did I read that this movie was going to be a tour de force gorefest? Maybe I was just dreaming that. I could've sworn 'Vulgar' was going to live up to its title, like a Marian Dora film or something. I've seen more intense episodes of FBI - SVU than this nonsense.'Vulgar' was just really all around nonsense. The clown's mother is ridiculous. The clown is ridiculous. His pathetic friend is ridiculous. The crazy father and his two crazy sons are ridiculous. And I actually didn't mind that if there was a good payoff in the end. There wasn't. It was more like sleeping with a hooker, and just when you're ready to spew like a volcano, someone comes knocking on the door and interrupts the moment. The ending was like that. A complete letdown.Save your time. Save Your Money. Save Your Sanity.

I've been travelling the internet for quite a while, and I suddenly got my hands on this film. A strange film it looked to be, and of course it was. What caught my eye was Kevin Smith. I am a fan of anything Kevin Smith has taken part in, and I mean, An Evening with Kevin Smith, Good Will Hunting, and of course, the whole slew of movies he made. I looked at it a little closer, and there it was, the movie I had dreamt about. Of course, I was scared to waste my money, because it doesn't come that easily for me. I googled it and heard a lot of good things, and a lot of bad things, most of which were actually bad. I decided to chance it, since it seemed a lot of people were offended by it, and being me, I had to see it. Anyways, within the first fifteen minutes, I was engaged in the film. And during a particular scene, you all know what I mean, I winced in pain for him. This was a wonderful flick, and I say everyone that doesn't get offended too easily to go see this.

Kevin Smith made "Clerks" on low budget with a little help from his friends. That movie became a hit, and smith earn a cult reputation with it. Smith has to be a nice guy, because then he helped few Jersey friends with their projects. One of that friends was Brian Johnson, and his project was named "Vulgar".People are using words like original, shocking, vulgar, violent for this movie. And they are pretty right, but I add just one more – very bad.Brian O'Halloran who's not a great actor to begin with, plays Will – blunderer, who works as clown at children parties. He doesn't earn a lot of money, he drives old ramshackle car, and live in a hovel, when everyday he can be beaten by his neighbors. This movie starts like avenger comedy and goes from there in direction not many movies have a courage to go. It ends like pulp fiction drama.The problem is – this movie isn't comedy, this movie isn't drama, this movie doesn't know what it is, and most important the director doesn't know what moves makes a good movie, he doesn't even got the clue. At the end it taste like "bad acid-trip" that tries to be rip-off of "one of the pulp fiction rape story". Its not the idea is total rubbish, it had potential, but execution is so bad its almost depressing.The one shining thing in this mess is of course Kevin Smith, playing gay TV-producer, he is really funny, and maybe Lewkowitz playing pretty scary villain. But thats about it. All of the stuff here, cinematography, editing, story are BAD, a not M.Jackson kind of Bad.Just one conclusion at the end – responsible for this mess is no one else but Kevin Smith, because sometimes helping your friends can lead to creating a really smelly monster. So shame on you Smith, shame on you.

okay. this is a very bad movie. it is not because of the subject matter, which is occasionally disturbing but so nonsensical that even the darkest moments tend to undermine themselves. kevin smith(whose work i sometimes really like) has his fingerprints all over this movie. the stilted dialogue, the poor plot logic, the uncanny ability to pick a cast who have no acting ability. brian o'halloran is always awful and the rest of the cast deliver their lines as if from cue cards. the one exception is smith himself, whose cameo role is the best actual performance he's turned in to date. i really sort of believed him.anyhow, one of two things will happen. you will either get irritated with the illogical, aimless plot and clumsy acting and struggle to wade through the final 30 minutes (by the climax i couldn't have cared less about what happened) or you will find something in the concept and odd execution here that makes you forgive all that. for me, not possible.