I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This film surprised me. I never expected Bob Goldthwait to write, direct and star in such a clever black comedy. The opening scene is one of the most memorable introductions to a protagonist I've ever seen. I watched this with a group of friends nearly ten years ago and we were polarized. Most of us loved it, but some just didn't get into it. I rented it again recently and enjoyed it even more the second time around. Give it a shot and ask for this film next time you're in the video store. If you like your comedy dark then you are missing out if you haven't seen this film. Look for cameos by some of comedy's greats including Robin Williams as a terrible mime (I hope we never have to see him in a spandex unitard again)...

I remember my girlfriend and I going to see this movie in great anticipation on its opening weekend back in 1992. It just seemed perfect -- a comedy about a down-and-out clown with a drinking problem. Had a solid cast as well with impressive cameo appearances. The sub-plot with the rivalry between mimes and clowns was another great idea.But it was, and remains, in the top 5 of the most disappointing and inexcusably awful films I've ever endured. Some films are bad due to low budget, or poor talent, or bad concept (or a combination of these things), but this had everything it needed and failed -- resoundingly -- on all fronts. I remember sitting there with my sweet girlfriend and just waiting and waiting for a laugh -- anything -- to show up. Only one thing made us laugh -- when Shakes is trash-talking with another clown in the clown bar and the clown is at a loss for words and says something like, "Well, you're the captain of the diarrhea club". Doesn't sound funny does it? In any other film it would have been a terrible and disgusting line but to a tearful of moviegoers desperate for a laugh, it was like water in the desert.My lasting impression of this film was how deeply mean-spirited, overly dark, cruel, and scatological it was. It was as if 11-year-old bullies were given the task to write/direct/produce a major motion picture. Those attributes are rarely really funny, even to pre-teens.You WILL be disappointed with this film -- it doesn't even have value as something to poke fun at. Instead of watching this film, watch "Kingpin" instead, which is a similar sort of film but is actually watchable and humorous at times.

You can't beat this film - a true masterpiece by the usually irritating Bobcat Goldthwait. He shines in the role of his life in this movie. Great cameos and great one liners abound in Shakes The Clown. I highly recommend this movie.

This movie has it all. Alcoholic clowns. Aunt Esther. Mrs Brady as a clown whore. Kathy Griffin. And all for only $1.4 million.And the best line exchange ever: Owen Cheese: "Hey, you clowns are on dope!" Binky: "You didn't see nothin', you saw five clowns eating a big plate of beef .. white powdery beef."And it features Adam Sandler in his best role, meaning he's better than all he is in all the crappy movies he made after it.A true classic.