Film · MGM · 1932
Pass it on
Freaks
59Watch it awake.
The troupe has a code, and this is not a picture to put on as a dare.
The review
Do not put this on as a dare. I would think less of the person who asked me to. A trapeze artist marries a little person in the circus because she wants his money. The other performers see it. Real sideshow workers play the troupe. Browning. A scandal, not a hit. The studio buried it.
Adults, and only if we are clear why. The revenge is ugly, so I am not describing it. The performers are people with a code, and that is the sentence I will actually say. The marriage is a grab. If we watch, we watch because those workers were real, not to find out who can stand the picture. Pulled is not a recommendation.
Journal
Keep Freaks in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 59. Yours can differ.
The glance
Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Is appetite shown and then put down, or are you being trained to want the next one?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
ParaNorman
66 instead of 59
ParaNorman is still a horror film, and it scores 66 instead of 59. What you gain is stewardship: It hands a child mercy before the pitchfork.
The eight
- 7Industry
Real sideshow workers play the troupe, so the job is not a costume.
- 5Household
She marries a little person for his money, and the troupe sees it.
- 7Piety
The performers keep a code and see the marriage for what it is.
- 6Courage
He marries, and the money she wants is what he stands to lose.
- 6Republic
The troupe owes its own code; the studio answered by pulling it.
- 4Temperance
She wants his money, and the picture is not a dare to want more.
- 8Truth
The wedding is a lie about love, and the other performers know.
- 4Stewardship
It was buried, not a hit; the code is what ought to remain.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
Live Historic · Freaks · 59IMDb
