Some Freaks
Good Deed Entertainment | Release Date: August 4, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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4
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2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 3, 2017
This visceral and anxiety-laden vision ends on an uneasy, though hopeful, note. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 20, 2017
Even though there’s nothing we haven’t seen before in this movie, she and Some Freaks remind us not just of the cruelties of the teen years, the insecurities and secret shame, but of how young we are when we figure out that it’s all just perception. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 5, 2017
An affecting debut for anyone who has dwelled on the far outskirts of adolescent social life, Ian MacAllister McDonald's Some Freaks captures high school/college agony without transmuting it into thank-God-we-survived-it nostalgia. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 3, 2017
All the actors are good, but Harrington is remarkable. It’s not just the physical changes in her character, but the genuineness with which she inhabits her. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaAug 7, 2017
The deeper Some Freaks wades into what becomes a series of sadistic and masochistic humiliations, the more McDonald’s film begins to feel schematic, with these characters little more than pawns in a screenwriter’s game of toying with our expectations. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 21, 2017
All the performances are very nicely turned in a movie that deliberately excludes any significant adult presence in order to immerse us fully in an adolescent world. Read full review
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