"The Freak Show." ...or "Give me a camera..."
Not to compare this tape with the original of 1932 – still will not work. Because: firstly, the plot of “The Freaks Show” absolutely repeats the plot of “Freaks” (you can’t fight anything – the comparison suggests itself), secondly, many people watch this remake only to compare, and thirdly, without comparisons it is not interesting at all. But we will try to consider this “masterpiece” from two sides.
Let’s assume that this is a completely independent work. The circus of freaks is a fun and frightening fun for people who can spend any money on such a spectacle, so that later there was something to tell their friends, and therefore Mr. Lon is the owner of the institution and himself, in combination, "not like everyone else," rakes money with a shovel, but behind his is a mountain. And the trouble is the one who touches even a finger of his family.
But there are a lot of idiots in the world, and therefore the workers hired to the circus decide to rob Lon, yes, besides, Lucy comes to the head of a prostitute with a brilliant idea to seduce the circus owner, become his wife, kill, and posthumously get all the money. With this plan, our “beauty” begins to move towards the goal. And, I must say, the movement is very productive, since the unfortunate Lon has never seen a woman's naked breasts, and if you show it to him, he immediately calls everyone to marry. Anyway, Lucy's lucky. But the heroine, of course, awaits retribution: make-up freaks will not give their offense, and decide to take revenge. And here comes the finale.
However, despite the plot, which looked pretty good in 1932, in 2007 frankly catches up with sadness - nothing more than children's talk. Initially, when everyone vying to inform Lon that Lucy was cheating on him, he did not want to listen to this, completely justifying his future wife, but he had to tell Lon a second time - and he suddenly saw. It's too obvious a change, so you think Lon's a donkey. Lucy turns into one of the freaks, and in the final, thus, “horrors” appear, but then a natural question arises – and how did Lucy survive by a miracle? Sorry, but the damage caused to her, you can see with the naked eye - with such injuries do not live. However, omit the details, because this is a masterpiece ...
Dialogues are so sweet! So I want to kick the characters in the fifth point, so that they hurry with their babble, otherwise the viewer will just fall asleep. If the creators decided to somehow touch the psyche of the audience with the help of the kind of freaks - again nothing intelligible. And the characters talked so much about the performances, but at least once showed it! Just wandering around, essentially doing nothing. Useless heroes.
So, a comparison with "Freaks" in 1932. Yes, the plot is the same (with one difference - the original victim was a dwarf, here - a stupid adult uncle), and the comparison ends there, because there is nothing like it anymore. Of course, the creators wanted to reflect the meaning of the original, but alas, they did not succeed. Instead, another bloody stamping, without meaning or interest. A superficial picture with a superficial morality.
3 out of 10
...disappointed.