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Action /
Adventure /
Comedy /
Fantasy /
Horror /
Thriller
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Director:
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Paul Weitz
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Actors:
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Daniel Newman,
Chris Massoglia,
Jessica Carlson,
Morgan Saylor,
John C. Reilly,
Josh Hutcherson,
Michael Cerveris,
Ray Stevenson,
Patrick Fugit,
Don McManus
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Duration:
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108 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)70.5
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Plot Summary:
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16-year-primitive Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung discernible with his kindest girl Steve (Josh Hutcherson), got tasteful grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy hit upon upon a traveling freak show, things begin to trade inside Darren. That??™s the exact minute when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, source, bloodthirsty. Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with jumbo creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) a... nd a massive barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this gloominess world, he becomes a treasured collateral between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And while disquieting to survive, one boy commitment clash to keep their brewing war from devouring what??™s left of his unselfishness.
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Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant
Claudia PuigJohn C. Reilly is a new breed of vampire in Cirque du Freak. Orange-haired and average-looking with a loud sartorial style, he's hardly dashing or smolderingly sexy. In fact, he can be downright buffoonish. But he's principled. His life-affirming code of ethics bolsters his biting wit. The crowd of misfits he hangs with is a rowdy, outlandish and strangely droll bunch. Into this universe of freaks come a pair of teen geeks, and the union of these two worlds is celebrated with gusto and dark humor by director Paul Weitz (American Dreamz). Weitz has taken several of the popular children's books in the series by Darren Shan and unified them into one tale, adding an edgier tone to this part horror film, part comedy and part teen romance. And giv...
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant
Peter Debrugep>Anyone looking to kick off a teen fantasy franchise can draw several valuable lessons from the failure of Universal's Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, the first (and likely the last) cinematic adaptation of the popular Brit neck-biter series. First, if you're counting on a property's built-in fan base, don't stray too far from the source. Second, make sure the opening entry stands alone; there's no point wasting energy to set up sequels that'll never happen. Finally, like brother Chris (The Golden Compass), director Paul Weitz seems better suited to comedy than to big-budget make-believe.
Attempting to do for the vampire set what J.K. Rowling did for wizards, Darren Shan's 12-book Cirque du Freak series tells the story of a young outsider inducte...
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant
A teenage kid gets caught up in a hostilities between two rival factions of vampires in this fantasy starring John C Reilly and Chris Massoglia, adapted from the books by Darren Shan
Like the unhappily undead kid at its heart, Cirque Du Unpredicted: The Vampire's Assistant is a videotape with a chronic individuality moment and no disengaged idea where it's headed. This dizzyingly elaborate customization of the books by Irish writer Darren Shan - who, confusingly, has named the series' hero after himself - is so for all practical purposes on pitching itself as the opening instalment in a unborn franchise that it fails to stake out any territory of its own. It's certainly a coup as regards John C Reilly, who's been roaming for everyone in favour ...
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