Review of The Last Circus (2010) by Jesse O — 21 Nov 2011
Wow. I have never in my entire life, seen a movie like The Last Circus.
Its about a man named Javier who grew up to be what he always wanted to be: a clown to entertain kids. After falling in love with his abusive bosses girlfriend, he goes insane. He brands his face with burn marks to look like tears, runs some sort of acid on his face to give him a permanent white coloring, and goes completely into his character. It's hard to talk about it anymore without spoiling it.
If I had to give it a genre, I'd have to say a "dark comedy". The movie has it's funny parts, but it's also incredibly sad, scary and brutal all at the same time.
The performance by Javier(the sad clown) was absolutely incredible. I've never seen anything like it. Someone so involved in his character.
While it does arguably go way to far and way to ridiculous, I still found it brilliant.
If you don't mind violence and want to try something new, The Last Circus will blow you're mind.
This review of The Last Circus (2010) was written by Jesse O on 21 Nov 2011.
The Last Circus has generally received positive reviews.
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