The Clapper

Name: The Clapper
Genre: Comedy
Released: January 26, 2018
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 21
Cast: Adam Levine, Alan Thicke, Amanda Seyfried, Brenda Vaccaro, Charles Halford

2018

METASCORE

Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Ratings

See All

6.0

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.0	Your Score
6.0	User Score Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

The Clapper

Now Playing: The Clapper

Movie Details & Credits

Momentum Pictures | Release Date: January 26, 2018 | R

Starring: Adam Levine, Alan Thicke, Amanda Seyfried, Brenda Vaccaro, Charles Halford, Ed Helms, James Ransone, Leah Remini, P.J. Byrne, Rob Gronkowski, Roger Guenveur Smith, Russell Peters, Tracy Morgan

Summary: Eddie Krumble (Ed Helms) moves to Los Angeles looking for a fresh start and becomes a professional paid audience member for infomercials and other live studio tapings, with his best friend Chris (Tracy Morgan) at his side. After a lifetime of drawing the short straw, Eddie seems to have finally caught a break as he forms a bond with winsomeEddie Krumble (Ed Helms) moves to Los Angeles looking for a fresh start and becomes a professional paid audience member for infomercials and other live studio tapings, with his best friend Chris (Tracy Morgan) at his side. After a lifetime of drawing the short straw, Eddie seems to have finally caught a break as he forms a bond with winsome gas station attendant, Judy (Amanda Seyfried). But when Eddie's many disguises and telegenic enthusiasm catch the eye of a notorious late night talk show host and his producer (Adam Levine), they turn Eddie's life into the newest national obsession, threatening his budding romance.… Expand

Director: Dito Montiel

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Lauren Humphries-Brooks

Apr 28, 2017

The Clapper is a sharp combination of sweet romance and biting satire on the cruelties committed in the name of entertainment. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 25, 2018

Montiel treats his story's happily unsung oddballs with sincere affection. He doesn't hold them up to ridicule, or insist that they snap out of their quirkiness and conform. But he doesn't quite know what to do with them. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 3, 2018

The Clapper isn’t hateful, which is a huge step up for Montiel. It’s merely puerile, insipid, clumsy with only the barest hints of believeability. Read full review

Keith Watson

Jan 21, 2018

Though it pretends to stick up for all the schmucks in the world, the film is really just laughing along with the assholes. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jan 26, 2018

So poorly done, its tone so lackadaisical and uncommitted, it's not clear half the time what you're even watching. If it's supposed to be a comedy, it's not funny. If it's supposed to be a satire, it doesn't know what it's satirizing. The biggest problem is that the stakes are never high enough to invest in any of it. Read full review

Tatiana Craine

Jan 25, 2018

The Clapper unsuccessfully attempts to be sincere and embrace the absurdity of its characters’ lives. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 25, 2018

Mashing limp romance and artless satire into a ludicrously contrived plot, The Clapper lurches from one mirthlessly eccentric scene to another. Read full review

SEE ALL 11 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

UglyCasanova

Aug 5, 2020

I usually trust metacritic for reviews, but they #$#@ed this one. This is a great nuanced movie about odd, genuine people with a classic Hollywood ending.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

FatalBrush

Sep 3, 2018

Weird story with weird characters and a weird combination of people casted, nonetheless, nothing more than rapidly forgotten movie.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

JLuis_001

Apr 9, 2018

Amanda Seyfried could be doing a lot better and Ed Helms, I'm sorry but he doesn't have enough acting weight to carry a full lead character.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

SEE ALL 3 REVIEWS