Directed By- Tod Browning
Writer(s)- Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edar Allan Woolf, Al Boasberg
Starring- Wallace Ford, Leia Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
Run Time- 1 hr. 4 min.
Critics Review- "Freaks is worth a look for those with intrested in the history of exploitation cinema or the trash/punk aesthetic of the likes of John Waters, but others will probably find it unpleasent and heavy going."- Keith H. Brown "Eye for Film"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 93% Audience- 87%
Out of a possible 5 stars- 2 1/2 stars
My Review-
This was a hard movie to watch. It kept flip flopping back and forth and I do not thing it had an actual story line to it at times. Some times I had no idea what was going on. The one story line I saw visible was that a russian girl was playing a midget and making him think she liked him, when she was making fun of him, that was the only storyline in the whole movie that made sense, when there was like I think 5 all together, I am not too sure. I can kind of see why it was such a hit back when it came out or how it gain a cult status, because of the subject that it was covering, but other than that it was kind of boring and it should have stuck too about two storylines instead of flip flopping through out the whole circus at random moments. One thing I remember about hearing about this film is that it is on Bravo's Top 100 Scariest Movie Moments, which is like the last four minutes of the film and I coudl see why, it was kind creepy how they were approaching the man and I would be scared shitless too if I pissed off people like that. Only watch this movie if you have always wanted to see it and if you want to see what all the fuss was about. other than that just skip the movie.
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