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Clay Pigeons Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    46

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 25

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    It's young-Hollywood-driven business as usual in this derivative, nasty, and ultimately empty drama.

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  • 38

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    The young Pigeon turks who no doubt think they've made a hip black comedy should be forced to see it in a theater of non-sycophants, where only an occasional exasperated exhale signifies the audience isn't dead yet. [25 Sept 1998]

  • 40

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    "You've got a sense of humor, I like that," Lester Long proclaims at one point. Well, we all like that, but would it be asking too much to have a little coherence to go along with it?

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Dennis Harvey

    Visual flourishes (handsomely lensed by Eric Edwards on Utah locales standing in for Montana) are polished but derivative, with too many time-lapse sky views, reminiscent of Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho."

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Within Clay Pigeons is a smaller story that might have involved us more, but it's buried by overkill.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    The final half-hour contains enough contrivances and holes to challenge even the most generous movie-goer's suspension of disbelief.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

    The movie seems so convinced of its own entertainment value that it has neglected to factor in the elements that make a comedic thriller more than just a facile exercise -- i.e., suspense, tension, heart. Being amused by plot turns is not the same as caring, and Clay Pigeons never inspires you to grab your armrest or catch your breath. [25 Sept 1998]

  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    A film that delights by confounding expectations.

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