Metacritic Movie Ratings
Klown Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Crossing many lines, director Mikkel Norgaard's loony feature doesn't always rise above its high jinks. But at its best, it's a sly dismantling of a familiar comedy template built on male cluelessness and female responsibility.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger

  The film, directed by Mikkel Norgaard, somehow manages the difficult trick of going into taboo territory without ever feeling dirty. And Mr. Hvam has a knack for misdirection. Just when you're wanting to give his character a hug and forgive all, off he goes into even more inappropriate behavior.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore

  The premise, and the hijinks that follow, are about as outrageous as anything in today's crop of raunchy comedies. But Nørgaard offers them with a much drier wit than Hollywood typically delivers.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Klown, a comedy from Denmark about two men on a canoe trip who descend into all sorts of desperate debauchery, demonstrates how the semi-improv, jitter-cam mode of filmmaking has gone from being a style to a tic - a way to disguise how unreal a movie can be.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village VoiceNick Schager

  Raunchy dude comedy is hardly the sole province of American cinema, as Klown all too dispiritingly reconfirms.

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