A surprising and refreshing riff on "gifted child" flicks like Firestarter or The Fury.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 23, 2022

In terms of the visual effects, writing, acting and overall package, you won't have seen anything quite like Freaks. It is both sci-fi and horror, that doesn't look like either at first, and raises the standard for both too.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 4, 2021

Good science fiction is rarely exactly about what we see on screen. In that sense Freaks isn't about Chloe's powers, it's about being different from those around you, about persecution, about feeling unwanted.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Freaks just offered up mutant fans the X-Men film we deserve.

Full Review | Sep 17, 2020

"Freaks" admirably takes its time with a confined "Room" intro before building up to its broad-appeal superhero premise.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 13, 2020

From the acting and storytelling to the ingenuity of the scenes, everything is just fantastic.

Full Review | Jul 8, 2020

There's an expansive world to explore, and a larger conflict that continues well past the conclusion of this film. I wouldn't mind going back one bit.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 26, 2020

Freaks is one of the most emotional, powerful family dramas of recent memory wrapped inside the dressings of a nuanced superhero movie and it's an absolute must see.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2020

Freaks, as I've told you repeatedly, is a very good sci-fi movie.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2020

I suspected this would be good, but wow, this blindsided me in the best way. Lexy Kolker, who plays a 7-year-old protagonist named Chloe, is commanding in her role which carries the story to its ultimate success.

Full Review | Original Score: 9.0/10 | Mar 12, 2020

It's a freak of a movie that grows busier than mysterious, and for this reason, will unlikely create a positive impact.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2020

A film that has a heartfelt family story jam-packed with complex themes, wonderful performances and confident direction that makes the genre tropes feel new and exciting again.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2020

What fuels this film is the deftness of character development, calculated reveals, and relationship empathy that rarely comes together in a meaningful way like this in genre films.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 3, 2019

Maybe these stories will seem tired if we ever find ourselves in a world where they're no longer thematically relevant. For now, I think there's value in all of them. Especially if they make an effort to find new ways to deliver them.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2019

Freaks keeps you interested, but it never is completely coherent. Plot points are haphazardly strewn about to keep the narrative moving. The film doesn't earn many points for originality, but its low budget veneer is a draw.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 27, 2019

The most thrilling movie of 2019!

Full Review | Original Score: A | Sep 17, 2019

It is ridiculously coy about what is going on... Just start the movie, guys!

Full Review | Sep 16, 2019

[The filmmakers] capture fear of the unknown, through the allegory of super-powered people, more succinctly and effectively than most of the "X-Men" franchise ever could.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 16, 2019

Freaks takes Marvelesque mutants and puts them in an environment akin to Shyamalan's shaky supernatural joint Signs (2002). Although it contains all the right elements Freaks struggles to break new ground.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2019

It's a paranoid little picture, using its influences wisely while manufacturing something distinctive: one of the best Sci-fi's of the year.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2019