
A carnival comes to a small town. Eighteen year old Donna meets Frankie and Patch, two carnival hustlers. They earn their living by mercilessly taunting spectators to try to dump one of them into the water by throwing balls. Donna is tired of her work as a waitress and follows them through the South.... (Full plot summary below)
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A carnival comes to a small town. Eighteen year old Donna meets Frankie and Patch, two carnival hustlers. They earn their living by mercilessly taunting spectators to try to dump one of them into the water by throwing balls. Donna is tired of her work as a waitress and follows them through the South.
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| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThe road movie/buddy movie situations and emotions gain an intriguing perverse edge from the setting, with its genuine freaks and sideshow illusionism, as well as from Alex North's wonderfully unsettling score and Harry Stradling's dark cinematography. Better on electric, eccentric ambience than for its final rush of plotting, but such risk-taking movies are a welcome rarity. |
| NewsweekJack KrollEdgy tale [from a story by Phoebe and Robert Kaylor and Robbie Robertson] of three born outsiders living on a tightrope vividly recalls, both in style and content, the doom-laden films noir of the late 1940s. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe ambiance turns out to be much richer than the narrative. |
| The A.V. ClubNathan RabinCarny feels like a throwback to the ’70s. It’s an evocative character study with a firm grasp on its subject matter that may be traced back to Robertson, an ex-carny who also produced and co-wrote the story. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelCarny is bursting with more information about American carnivals that it can contain, surrounding a plot too thin to support it. Without knowing much about the reasons why the movie was made, I'd guess on the evidence that the director, Robert Kaylor, was fascinated by carnivals, spent a lot of time with one and shot a lot of film, and then found himself forced, to shape his material into some sort of traditional, commercial story. Inside this movie is a documentary struggling to get out. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatCarny is a tightly structured, atmospherically rich little movie that works. |
| User ReviewJayden Jthis was an incredibly sick movie. Gary Busey is a clown, ewww. he styll looks okay like that. |
| User ReviewTipper NI Picked out this movie at the library just based on the cover and cast. It turned out to be one of my favorite movies I have ever seen. It's funny, and odd, and nothing really happens in it but it is a great accomplishment of a film. If you've ever had a dream of running away to join a carnival, this movie's for you. |
| User ReviewShona MGreat Story Line, Great Actors, Brilliiiant!! i own it and cannot stop watchin it i even know it word for word =p |
| User ReviewPrivate UGreat actors, excellent story line..maa favv! wut more can i say?? |