*** out of **** "The Last Circus" left me feeling shocked, bewildered, alienated, disgusted, repulsed, humored, and perhaps even speechless. In all honesty, I don't know if a few big words can truly describe this mind-boggling hit of cinematic acid; but I'll try as hard as I can to write a sufficient review for a film that is, by all necessary means, almost too different to critique through the standards of film criticism. There's a chance that for movies like this one; new … more
The Last Circus is a return to roots for Alex de la Iglesia, much more Accion Mutante than The Oxford Murders. Made for the midnight circuit, it boasts plenty of weirdness and dark humor for the fans, but a fairly standard love triangle plot keeps it too predictable.