Freaks

I was reluctant to see this because of _superpowers_ but did anyway... While I'm very aware of it's positive reception I don't really share that sentiment. It starts out somewhat OK but certainly works around it's budget in quite early on. Where it probably went really wrong for me is the reception of the little main girl as she struck me as an ungrateful little brat and had that annoying stare all the time. As the story went along it felt like TV tier clichés thrown together [spoiler]the ice cream truck was esp. cringe[/spoiler] and it jumped all over the place from her being the key for [spoiler]liberation of the "Freaks"[/spoiler] to [spoiler]just saving mommy[/spoiler]. Thank god she is a Mary Sue so all works out fine and [spoiler]got daddy killed to get her mommy instead[/spoiler]...

Worth a watch. Movie of two halves and a girl character that can divide an audience. First half is a mystery. The second half reveals a superhero movie. I usually stay clear of superhero movies, but this was presented in an interesting way. The girl character did annoy me a little as her morals were all over the place. Her mommy issue blindsided her rationality, and that made me dislike the girl at times. I couldn't really shake that dislike off but I still enjoyed the movie for what it was.