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2018
R
Momentum Pictures
1 h 29 m

2018
R
Momentum Pictures
1 h 29 m

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 wins...

Directed By: Dito Montiel

Written By: Dito Montiel

2018
R
Momentum Pictures
1 h 29 m

2018
R
Momentum Pictures
1 h 29 m

The Clapper

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

21

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

6.0

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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 wins...

Directed By: Dito Montiel

Written By: Dito Montiel

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

9% Positive
1 Review

9% Mixed
1 Review

82% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

9% Positive
1 Review

9% Mixed
1 Review

82% Negative
9 Reviews

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Apr 28, 2017

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

By Lauren Humphries-Brooks FULL REVIEW

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.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

44% Positive
4 Ratings

44% Mixed
4 Ratings

11% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings

44% Positive
4 Ratings

44% Mixed
4 Ratings

11% Negative
1 Rating

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Jan 25, 2018

The Clapper is just so boring and corny that all the audience can do is either feel bad for Helms or disingenuously applaud his unsuccessful efforts, mimicking his character’s chosen vocation.

By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW

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.

By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

Jan 25, 2018

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

By Tatiana Craine FULL REVIEW

Apr 28, 2017

Bafflingly witless, The Clapper is an oblivious non-starter with myriad deficiencies. Artless and clueless at every turn, writer/director Dito Montiel’s inane movie is a one-note half-gag somehow stretched into a painful 90-minute movie.

By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jan 25, 2018

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

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Oriah Entertainment, Cedarvale Pictures, Pacific Electric Picture Company, Kodiak Pictures, Living the Dream Films, Movie Trailer House, Skit Bags Entertainment

Release Date Jan 26, 2018

Duration 1 h 29 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline How can you find each other when everyone is looking for you?

Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/the-clapper.2642/

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Awards

Razzie Awards

• 1 Nomination

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