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Freaks Out
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Italy, Belgium · 2021
2h 21m
Director Gabriele Mainetti
Starring Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini
Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, War
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When their owner goes missing in the aftermath of Italy’s surrender in 1943, four circus "freaks" trapped in occupied Rome must use their superpowers to survive the Nazis and help execute a plan that could change the course of history.
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A ghastly concoction of razzle-dazzle circus maximalism, poorly CG’d supernatural whimsy and sentimentality so cloyingly sweet you can feel it in your fillings, “Freaks Out” is, however, almost admirably unaware that its over-egged, unironically “Springtime for Hitler” production design, and its lazy invocation of the Holocaust as a narrative shortcut to high emotional stakes, might be in questionable taste. Instead, this is a sincere, if deeply misguided attempt to fabricate weepy wonderment amid the ruination of World War II.
The Hollywood Reporter by Lovia Gyarkye
Freaks Out seems preoccupied with looking cool and feeling offbeat without considering basic narrative requirements. With such an intense visual language and detailed costume and set design, it’s a shame that the story lacks similar heft.
New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
Its splashy, curiously filter-free adventures unfold in Italy and Germany during World War II, to sometimes awkward effect.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
The more fanciful qualities of Freaks vs. the Reich work fairly well. Mainetti has a gifted cast and a talented special effects department, so the scenes of these X-Men-like outcasts fighting fascism do look fantastic. But the film’s exhausting length is a challenge, as is Mainetti’s failure to use his historical setting meaningfully.
The Playlist by Sophie Monks Kaufman
The puzzling thing about Italian director Gabriele Mainetti’s feature set in 1943 in German-occupied Rome is that, rather than embracing tastelessness a la John Waters, it guns for earnestness despite not having a thoughtful bone in its body.
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