Freak Show
Freak Show
| 12 January 2018 (USA)
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The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

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Inclubabu

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Exoticalot

People are voting emotionally.

Motompa

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

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Aneesa Wardle

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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barbarampagan

The preformance of "billy" wow how talented . Amazing production . My respects to the director and writers . The only thing is i press play on this movie cause i saw BETT MIDLERs name on it and im so glad i did . Im in love with the freak show great movie . It so much like days are in realyty . Recspect please no bulling at schools.

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westsideschl

Definitely a contrast in values. A filmed hyperbole of a lone gay high school student (Bloom) challenging most everyone, but in this case mostly school mates, for the right to be himself. Represented by the two sides divergent lines: "Let's make America great again." vs. "Love who you are going to love." Basic film themes were understanding & tolerance. An aside, if you make it to the end I'm not quite sure about the honesty of the election results. The only script criticism I would have is that both sides (Bloom vs. family & schoolmates) in this mini-war should understand the challenges of the other side. Great acting; costumes. Another tolerance film recently released is "In Between", dealing w/Palestinian religious/cultural issues.

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sandowl

Please God, may I have a friend like Billy in my life? What a wonderful, sensitive, talented, intelligent, amazing character.

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francescabra

The gender-queer teenager Billy has absolutely no desire to be like the others. When called "theatrical," Billy takes it as a compliment; when his classmates feel provoked by his determination to be different, he feels even more motivated to push his limits further. Neither his father nor friends succeed when they suggest him to keep a low profile. Going to school is hard enough for a new-comer, but going dressed up as a mix between David Bowie, Lady Gaga and Freddy Mercury is even harder. Billy in his transgressing pop culture and dressed as the protagonist of Brodway Show, faces fearlessly the corridors and humiliations of classmates. I loved this movie, Freak Show does not just talk about homophobia, but celebrate the violation of conformity, praising the power of self- determination and tolerance. In aid of Billy's struggle to run for Home Coming Queen, an army of "shadow students" comes forward. Billy carries the flag of those students (and adults) who do not recognize in the mainstream and do not fit in. Let's embrace diversity then, and celebrate it! also in Italian: http://www.intrattenimento.eu/news/freak-show-impressioni-commenti/

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