Gags The Clown

I have never wrote a review for a movie before, but I fell like I should for this movie. This is not a typical killer dressed as a clown movie, it has something to creep everyone out. While some of the acting was a little over the top, the plot made up for it. The visual effects were also pretty good for a smaller budget film. Overall it's a very decent movie that I thoroughly enjoyed.

I was really looking forward to watch this movie. Clown sightings always intrigued me and I was really hopping this movie could make me feel uneasy and creeped out. Unfortunately it fails miserably in everything a scary movie should acomplish. I had the impression that the movie was 2h30 long since I was really bored. No creepy scenes, no eerie atmosphere, no nothing. Even the parts that were supposed to be scary are so lame.

And what the hell was that ending?? If you're looking for answers about the clown identity or why does he just stands there watching people... well, prepare yourself to a "no answers" ending. Seems like they created the story, but as they could not explain it themselves, they just made that uninspired ending.

I really think hard before doing a bad review because even if the movie is bad, it has some amount of effort by the crew and actors. But then again... I didn't feel that they even bothered to write a plot that makes sense. Sorry, but I cannot recommend this movie to anyone, unless I want that person to be bored for 1h30m...

Gags was surprising entertaining and refreshing way of merging clown phobias and the idea of fake news. Its production values looks good and good acting. Apparently the director, Adam Krause and screenwriter, John Pata was inspired by real accounts of a person in California and another person in England who dressed as a clown walking at night, baiting for people take pics of them.

For this film, director Krause took that idea turned it into an interesting fun movie with jump scares and a bit of humor. Some of its cast create memorable characters like the ultra right/social media figure, Charles Wright (played by Aaron Christensen) who goes on a live social media event chase-hunt for Gags. It makes for its funny dialogue!

Recommended it for a fun time and of course clowns are usually creepy, Gags succeeded at being such an enigma. Other characters such as Heater Duprey (played by Lauren Ashley Carter) represent the local public media reportage and channel stations trying to get the latest news of Gaga sightings before the social media coverage does.

I enjoyd this movie far more than i expected to. the acting was pretty good all around and the clown was creepy af. and I apperciate it not having the usual cliches nor the phony hollywood ending. it gets a pretty loud horray from me.

I didn't really have high hopes for this one, as the reviews were pretty hit and miss. The premise is decent and the material was all there for a truly scary FF film but in the end it just didn't work. I get that clowns are supposed to be funny to some and scary to others but in this film the clown was just a slightly creepy character. They could have made a great film touching on the character of Gags and the surrounding copycats trying to benefit off of him but it just ended up ham-fisted. If they had not decided to put in some "dark humor" it could have worked. I'm not exactly sure if they intended to make part of it funny but that's the way it comes across. They should have ditched the cheesiness and tried to make a serious film. I fell like that would have had a much better chance at succeeding. Overall it was below average.