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The Last Circus

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2010 · 1h 46m · R Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia

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Overview

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Basque director Alex de la Iglesia's exotic, surreal, hilarious, bloody and utterly explosive grand opus.

Greg Quill, Toronto Star
Rotten

From the far-too-teeming brain of Spanish writer/director Alex de la Iglesia, The Last Circus is a bizarre, surreal, grotesque, fascinating, demanding, disappointing and ultimately exhausting political allegory that plays like a waking nightmare.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh

For those with a taste for the subversive and outrageous, run, don't walk.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten

You're left with the vague recollection of an interesting movie you were watching before you got kidnapped and subjected to over an hour of torture porn starring a fat, sadistic clown.

Una LaMarche, New York Observer
Fresh

If you like your baroque sex and violence with a side dish of heavy-duty symbolism ... put "The Last Circus" on your must-see list right now.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

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