Tuesday, August 20, 2013

No Clowning Around (2012)



I've been planning on doing a video review of this film, but the problem is that I have trouble talking in front of a camera.  But this is a great short by Rob Dimension and Matthew Burd.  It totally deserves a review.

The film is about a clown name Mumbles, who use to host a local tv show back in the days.  The show ended up getting canceled, so Mumbles now works as a birthday clown.  The problem is that he shows up to these parties, pretty much drunk and a total mess.

We also meet his muppet, name Mr. Peepers (who is my favorite character in the film.  Hey, I love muppets).  Mr. Peepers likes to remind Mumbles that he's a total fuck up, and suggest that Mumbles kills himself (now isn't that a friend).

And of course there is Mumbles' girlfriend, Trixie, who has a bad drug problem.  Trixie also works as a prostitute, and her pimp, Lenny, has been giving her problems.  This upsets Mumbles, so he goes to confront Lenny, but things don't go to well.  But when Mumbles finds Trixie dead from a overdose, this makes Mumbles snap.  And then begins the violence.

This was a great micro-budget short.  Dimension and Burd did a amazing job.  The soundtrack was really great.  But what I love was the atmosphere in the end.  It really made the film very dark and gritty.  Glad to see that NCA won some awards.  If you want to purchase the dvd you can go to www.noclowningaround.com.  This film gets "5 Hitlers punched in the face"


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