Freaks

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    Freaks
    1932

    Synopsis

    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

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    Cast

    • Harry EarlesHans
    • Olga BaclanovaCleopatra
    • Daisy EarlesFrieda
    • Henry VictorHercules
    • Wallace FordPhroso
    • Leila HyamsVenus
    • Roscoe AtesRoscoe
    • Angelo RossittoAngeleno
    • Jerry AustinKnife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
    • Daisy HiltonSiamese Twin

    Recommandations

    • 100

      The Guardian

      Freaks is filled with poignancy; it offers a premonition of eugenics, as well as a provocative comparison with the alienated condition of women and the freakish nature of all showbiz celebrity. It is a work of genius.
    • 100

      Time Out

      Tod Browning's heartbreaking, empathetic story of circus life is one of the most striking, unforgettable movies ever made.
    • 80

      CineVue

      Undoubtedly flawed, Freaks is also admirably bonkers and quite simply unforgettable.
    • 80

      TV Guide Magazine

      Although slow-moving and uneven, Freaks is one of Browning's more consistently fine films, a landmark still worth seeing.
    • 80

      The Observer (UK)

      Today, Browning’s sympathies are clear; if there are “freaks” on display here, they are not the versatile performers to whom the title seems to allude.
    • 75

      Slant Magazine

      Today, hardcore fans have a way of trivializing the film’s moral significance, some calling it a mere “masterpiece of shock cinema.” This is to seriously underplay the film’s blistering humanity and the audacious aesthetic and philosophical lengths to which Browning goes to challenge the way we define beauty and abnormality.
    • 75

      The A.V. Club

      Much of what makes Freaks so unsettling comes from its refusal to treat its stars as, well, freaks.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      Freaks is a wild ride, but it's not the monster-trip some say it is. It is macabre and disturbing, but Browning chose to humanize the deformed characters at the movie's shadowy center, not to demonize them.

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