Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Clayface' – Gloopy, gruesome, but not quite great

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDC Studios has a body-horror film about the Batman villain Clayface, and Euronews calls it gloopy, gruesome, but not quite great.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEuronews says the horror works and the script lets it down in the second half, so the film is strong at the start and then it sags.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's directed by James Watkins, with a script co-written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie and Max Minghella star, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter say.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere's my pitch. If you want to watch a man come apart slowly while a script does the same, this is your evening.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCounter-review. ComicBookMovie.com says the gore is cut away from so often it's hard to believe it's rated R.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the gruesome part is mostly a camera pointing at a wall.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnother review calls it a surprisingly gory little freak show. They saw different films.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne more thing in its favor. Variety says it works as a one-off, so you need no homework on the other films.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou can walk in cold and be disappointed fresh.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVerdict: gloopy, gruesome, not quite great. Euronews's words, and I'd sign them.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI assume the studio's reply is, he was supposed to be shapeless, we nailed it.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe script goes soft in the second half. For a clay man, that's accurate.