Saturday, April 23, 2022
Freaks
Henry (Emile Hirsch) goes to extreme lengths to hide & protect his 7-year-old daughter Chloe from the outside world. He claims it’s too dangerous to leave the safety of their abandon home hideout. Is Henry delusional or mentally ill? Eventually, childlike innocence & curiosity gets the better of Chloe & she ventures out & meets the ice cream truck man (Bruce Dern). It’s about half way into the movie before we realize it’s “Room” meets “X-Men” meets “Firestarter”. The government, acting in fear of these abnormal freaks, is hunting them down, locking them away, & potentially may be trying to exploit their supernatural powers. The action becomes more & more intense as Chloe’s family becomes dangerously threatened.The messages here are: there is nothing wrong with being different or special & family has got to protect family.
Alien gives it 3 “Mr. Snowcone” stars out of 4.
