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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

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It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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.

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.

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/

Freak Show (2017) was directed by Trudie Styler. It stars Alex Lawther as Billy Bloom, who arrives on his first day at a new high school dressed as Boy George. (We are to understand that this conservative school is in the South. Why would it be called Ulysses S. Grant High School?)In any case, what happens to Billy in fiction is all too similar to what really happens to students who are different from the norm-- they get bullied, they get hurt, and they become isolated. However, Billy won't give in. The plot really starts when Billy decides to run for Homecoming Queen.This is an interesting movie with solid acting, including that by superstar Bette Midler as Billy's mother.However, you need to be aware that the movie has Young Adult Novel written all over it. And, indeed, it's based on a YA novel by James St. James.Just because a movie is based on a YA novel doesn't mean that it doesn't have interest or value. I enjoyed the film, which had great costumes and some clever plot twists. It isn't the most subtle film in the series, but it's worth seeing. (It will work almost as well on the small screen.)We saw this movie in the excellent Dryden Theatre at Rochester's George Eastman Museum. It was shown as the Closing Night Feature of ImageOut, the great LGBT Film Festival. (This was the NYS Premiere screening. How does ImageOut carry that off?)