Freaks - You're One of Us
- sombre
- cold
Sombre, steady, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, discovers that she has super powers.
Our read · Freaks - You're One of Us (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · fantasy · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Freaks - You're One of Us
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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