The movie was written by the comedy troupe Dead Cat Bounce and directed by George Kane; they previously worked together on the 2012 mockumentary Discoverdale.

Ducocque's funeral in Naherbawn is derailed: Jenny rejects Bobo's advances, a clown called The Great Alphonso announces his comeback television performance, and violence breaks out between the statues and Funzo.

The clowns set up the transmitter for Jenny's news report, where she begins describing a grand conspiracy involving pedophile lizards selling harvested DNA to China.

The film was written by members of the comedy troupe Dead Cat Bounce: Demian Fox, Shane O'Brien and James Walmsley.

He said the lack of film studio involvement allowed niche cultural references in the script, like a mention of the entertainer and child sex abuser Rolf Harris.

[17] Digital Spy's Ian Sandwell gave it four stars, writing that the strong script and cast supported the "invention and madcap energy".

Sandwell lauded Palamides' "deranged and hilarious" performance for attention to detail, Earl's "wholly endearing" character and Foley's "comic timing", but criticised scenes that split up the trio.

[3] Donald Clarke rated it three stars for Irish Times, praising the range of clowns depicted, the "antic derangement" of Palamides and the director's ability to get the "best out of comic actors in unlikely situations".

[11] The Arts Desk's Sebastian Scotney lauded the "hilarious, off the wall, beyond the cringe" film for its "well-cast actors playing engagingly wacky characters".

[19] For The List, Emma Simmonds criticised a lack of "cinematic imagination" by Kane and "hit and miss" comedy, but said the film had an "inspired" plot, good pacing and a strong cast.

[20] Joel Harley of Starburst rated it three stars, describing it as a "unique" road movie with jokes that "wear thin" despite the energy from Palamides and "bombastic" villainy from Kaye.

[21] Fionnuala Halligan of Screen Daily found an "unsustainability" to the film's "increasingly absurd" and loosely connected sketches, as well as fast-paced but uneven comedy.

[22] In a two-star review, James Harvey of Why Now said that the film failed to find "joy in its solid premise", with a "depressingly mean-spirited" approach to its characters and puerile, dated humour.