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2017
Not Rated
Good Deed Entertainment
1 h 37 m

2017
Not Rated
Good Deed Entertainment
1 h 37 m

Summary One-eyed high school senior Matt (Thomas Mann) meets plus size Jill (Lily Mae Harrington) and falls more in love than he ever thought possible. However, when graduation comes and Jill moves cross-country to go to college, she undergoes a major physical transformation - much to Matt's surprise when he arrives to visit her. While Matt stru...

Directed By: Ian MacAllister McDonald

Written By: Ian MacAllister McDonald

2017
Not Rated
Good Deed Entertainment
1 h 37 m

2017
Not Rated
Good Deed Entertainment
1 h 37 m

Some Freaks

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

67

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

5.7

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Summary One-eyed high school senior Matt (Thomas Mann) meets plus size Jill (Lily Mae Harrington) and falls more in love than he ever thought possible. However, when graduation comes and Jill moves cross-country to go to college, she undergoes a major physical transformation - much to Matt's surprise when he arrives to visit her. While Matt stru...

Directed By: Ian MacAllister McDonald

Written By: Ian MacAllister McDonald

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
4 Reviews

33% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
4 Reviews

33% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Negative Reviews

Los Angeles Times

Aug 3, 2017

This visceral and anxiety-laden vision ends on an uneasy, though hopeful, note.

By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW

Jul 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.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Aug 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.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Arizona Republic

Aug 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.

By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW

Aug 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.

By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW

Jun 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.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

33% Positive
2 Ratings

50% Mixed
3 Ratings

17% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings

33% Positive
2 Ratings

50% Mixed
3 Ratings

17% Negative
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company Mountview Creative, Half Jack Productions

Release Date Aug 4, 2017

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline It's weird not to be weird.

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Awards

Nashville Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

Rhode Island International Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Portland Film Festival, US

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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