Review: Clay Pigeons
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, Janeane Garofalo, Georgina Cates Directed by: David Dobkin
Review by: Joy Wyse
When I first heard about Clay Pigeons, I wasn't looking forward to it. When the movie began, I was certain that I wouldn't like it. I changed my mind.
The first scene has Clay and his buddy out in the middle of the desert, drinking beer, shooting at the empty bottles, and using every four-letter word that they can think of. Next, there's a violent, fatal shooting, followed quickly by a very erotic sex scene. This is all in the first 10 minutes. But there is actually a plot to this movie and it's very involved.
It unsure who is the real star of this movie. All of the cast turn in excellent performances. Vince Vaughn is such a character that he's hard to describe, much less to understand. You really start to feel for Joaquin Phoenix as Clay. He finds himself so completely wrapped in the web of circumstances begun by his shooting buddy. Now Clay isn't completely innocent. After all, he did sleep with his buddy's wife, but who didn't. Does Clay really deserve all that happens to him?
The two females in the cast are totally different. Georgina Cates plays the nymphomaniac to perfection. Janeane Garofalo plays another female Federal agent. She was more believable than others have been.
It's a movie that will stay with you for a while. It definitely deserves its R rating, but it deserves an A for screenplay. Adding everything together, I give it a B-.
SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES.
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