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Spain, France · 2010
Rated R · 1h 41m
Director Álex de la Iglesia
Starring Santiago Segura, Antonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo, Fran Perea
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
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This story chronicles the dramatic, stupefying life of Javier, the sad clown. After witnessing his famed father's brutal death by the Spanish fascist regime, Javier takes vengeance, setting the tone for his thrilling future. What follows is a riotous story of illicit love, fierce jealousy, and bloodthirsty revenge.
By the time the end finally comes, there's no relief. You're left with the vague recollection of an interesting movie you were watching before you got kidnapped and subjected to over an hour of torture porn starring a fat, sadistic clown.
It's also possible, I suppose, that a movie as deranged and grotesque and spectacular as Álex de la Iglesia's near-masterpiece The Last Circus, an overcooked allegory that's been dialed to 11 in all directions, simply doesn't appeal to you. But if you like your baroque sex and violence with a side dish of heavy-duty symbolism, and if the idea of an unholy collaboration between, say, Guillermo del Toro, Federico Fellini and William Castle appeals to you, then put The Last Circus on your must-see list right now.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Brilliant, bizarre, dazzling and utterly demented, The Last Circus views Franco-era Spain through the crazed eyes of two clowns doing battle for the love of one magnificent woman.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Before going off in conventional directions, "Circus" is terrifically weird, funny and garish. Bozo and Clarabelle it ain't.
Inventive yet exhausting tale of two circus clowns.
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
Subscribes to the belief that moderation is a four-letter word, flying about with an abandon that begets exhilaration as well as exhausting messiness.
The Last Circus features garish costumes, grotesque ultraviolence and plenty of other assorted weirdness. Although not everybody's glass of sangria, it has the making of a cult hit.
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