Review of Freaks (1932) by Chris C — 16 Oct 2017

Wish they would stop sayin he is a girl... poor guy..

This review of Freaks (1932) was written by Chris C on 16 Oct 2017.

Freaks has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Freaks

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Daniel G (1,520) on 20 Oct 2017

75%. Reviews are misleading. Not terrifying. More an interesting drama, and groundbreaking for it's time. Not a horror movie…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Martyn Conterio (121) for CineVue (2,163) on 09 Jun 2015

Undoubtedly flawed, Freaks is also admirably bonkers and quite simply unforgettable…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Michael H (3,299) on 31 Oct 2015

Tod Browningâ…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Delysid D (566) on 30 Mar 2018

WHY THE HELL does everyone think this movie is so great? I hated it, I thought that it was so long and annoying…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Hellholehorror (226) on 15 Feb 2022

There are obvious problems with this movie. The sound is so bad at times that I had to put subtitles on to understand the dialogue…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Harry W (1,900) on 05 Apr 2015

Vaguely tongue-in-cheek, Freaks is good but slightly tiresome in its over-the-top satirical view of the horror genre…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Ian T (457) on 07 Jun 2016

This is quite touching in parts…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Antonius B (353) on 30 Mar 2018

WHY THE HELL does everyone think this movie is so great? I hated it, I thought that it was so long and annoying…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Riff J (755) on 30 Mar 2018

WHY THE HELL does everyone think this movie is so great? I hated it, I thought that it was so long and annoying…

Read Review

Review of Freaks (1932)

By Terry M (508) on 15 Oct 2018

As frightening and unnerving today as it must have been when it opened in 1932…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Rocky IV (1985)

By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 02 Nov 1991

A scant hour and a half long, padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of Crash (2005)

By Ras (1) on 17 Jun 2005

Disgusting all the way around. Don't recommend it to anyone. Typical white mainstream media stereotypes of people of color…

Read Review

Review of The Discovery of Heaven (2001)

By Cátia M (19) on 12 Jul 2010

This is a very bad interpretation of a fabulous book, it doesn't provide any insight into the characters, their ideas; I highly recommend the…

Read Review

Review of Cape Fear (1991)

By Stephen S (1,614) on 19 Jun 2016

I have no idea why people like this film so much…

Read Review

Review of Touch of Evil (1958)

By Terrence W (34) on 13 Jun 2009

This was an extremely disappointing movie…

Read Review

Review of Sweet Sixteen (2002)

By Mad M (980) on 17 Nov 2013

Meh. It doesn't press far enough in any direction to be memorable or worth watching. Good performances…

Read Review

Review of Clean, Shaven (1995)

By Nordic S (56) on 25 Sep 2008

Indie movie trying to give us insight into a schizophrenic man but is more about random moments with out any real story…

Read Review

Review of Mississippi Burning (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Jan 2019

Unfortunately, the central narrative premise of Mississippi Burning sets up the FBI as the sole heroic defender of the victims of southern…

Read Review

Review of Rocky III (1982)

By Steven1981 (209) on 21 Mar 2020

Rocky was a great film, Rocky II was by miles better than the original…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews