I've only just recently seen this movie after being referred to it in a search for original "horror" movies. After finally acquiring it, no mean feat in and of itself, I watched it and I must say that I found it extremely entertaining and very deep and poignant, not at all what I was expecting.
Since I really don't like surprises, I tend to research a movie prior to watching it so I have some idea of what to expect from it. I thought I had this movie pegged from the comments posted in this forum, but oddly enough no one seemed to take away what I did from this film.
First off, there was entirely too much attention to the so-called human oddities of the film, people were so busy ogling the "freaks" they totally missed the point of the whole movie.
The true "freaks" of the movie were the so called "normal" kids. Each of them had their own oddities that made them much more of a freak than any of the special people portrayed in the film. This was the the most obvious point that was practically shoved down the throat of the viewer none too subtlety. The girl who looks like a monster but has a sweet and loving heart, yet becomes the monster she resembled on the outside the more "normal-looking" she became. No one else got that? The whole point of the movie is that the true "freaks" are the ones you can't tell from anyone else. Just watch the news if you want to see a real freak-show.
Since I really don't like surprises, I tend to research a movie prior to watching it so I have some idea of what to expect from it. I thought I had this movie pegged from the comments posted in this forum, but oddly enough no one seemed to take away what I did from this film.
First off, there was entirely too much attention to the so-called human oddities of the film, people were so busy ogling the "freaks" they totally missed the point of the whole movie.
The true "freaks" of the movie were the so called "normal" kids. Each of them had their own oddities that made them much more of a freak than any of the special people portrayed in the film. This was the the most obvious point that was practically shoved down the throat of the viewer none too subtlety. The girl who looks like a monster but has a sweet and loving heart, yet becomes the monster she resembled on the outside the more "normal-looking" she became. No one else got that? The whole point of the movie is that the true "freaks" are the ones you can't tell from anyone else. Just watch the news if you want to see a real freak-show.