Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

kirstenbolieau I was so excited to finally be able to watch the movie after reading all the cirque books. I have to say it did disappoint me not because it wasn't a good movie, but because i felt the book was so different. The movie felt rushed. I feel if you want to make a movie based of the books (like Harry Potter) take the time and not rush it. Its one of the best series of books I've read in a long time.last, John C.Reily was a great Crepsley.

Dark Jedi I found this movie pretty much by accident when flicking through the Netflix catalogue. I thought what the heck and started to watch it. My hopes were really not that high. Actually I am not sure I had any hopes at all since I just stumbled on the movie and started to watch it on a whim. What I found was a rather okay and fun movie actually.The movie is apparently based on popular book series Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan. Unfortunately, in their usual arrogant manner, the Hollywood moguls decided to rip the books apart and mash together book one and two in this movie. It appears the general consensus is, not surprisingly, that the books are better than the movie. Nevertheless, the movie was good enough that I most probably will have a go at reading at least one of the books in the series.The movie itself then? Actually I liked it more than I expected. It took a little while before it got started but once it got going it was a good teenage magical fantasy adventure. I am actually a bit saddened that it appears there was never any sequels using the other books in the series.The name Cirque du Freak is well chosen. This is not the usual bunch of people with magical abilities or fangs or some of the other attributes you usually see in magic or supernatural movies. The members of the Cirque are freaks in every sense of the word. I do not think I have seen such a bunch of weird and bizarre creatures before. Heck, the vampire that takes Darrel as his assistant is probably the most normal of the bunch.The story is quite okay and the acting acceptable. The vampire, Creepsly, felt a bit underwhelming at first but he grew on me. So did Mr. Tiny who I definitely didn't like at first but found doing quite a good job of playing the evil mastermind towards the end. His sleaziness was downright creepy.I am sure a lot of the story and character development from the books were left out because there is so much more that could have been done with the story. Darrel befriending the snake man, the brewing romance, Darrels relation with Creapsley and all the other interactions and characters that took place. If the producer had wanted to do a good job he could easily have added another 40 minutes to the movie. A shame he did not.Bottom line, watching this movie was a pleasant experience. It is perhaps not a blockbuster but a nice little adventure, magic, supernatural and fantasy gem.

Haydn I just finished watching another movie somewhat similar to this with William Dafoe (Odd Thomas) and found both to be similar in how the movies made me feel. Overall, this movie was fun, though not perfect. Having said that, the fact that I still liked it despite somewhat mediocre acting from many (some were good) says a lot about the movie I think. Like Odd Thomas, it would make a good TV series and I am surprised this movie/book series doesn't seem to have gone anywhere.I think the best aspect is that it is targeted at a younger audience but is not so overboard in its portrayal of the typical TV/movie teenager (over the top love stories, sexual and emotional angst, rebelliousness, etc.), which is surprisingly refreshing.

David Cea This was a mildly entertaining movie. I was sick and laying on the couch and it came on. It was at least entertaining enough that I didn't wanna drag my flu infected self off the couch to get the remote and change the channel. Star-studded though. With as much talent as was in that movie you would think it would have been a lot better. Also, its a huge pet peeve of mine when you can clearly see that special effects are CGI. There ARE ways to make it look real...I mean, thats the whole pointOverall, if you are sick, bored, and too lazy to change the channel then this movie is for you!!!