Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Reviews and Ratings


  • filmguy450
    November 22, 2009
    filmguy450
    Dull, uneventful, looked bad, although all the actors did reasonably well and the score was good, plus it has one of the best opening title sequences I have seen in a long time.
  • horseloverv
    November 22, 2009
    horseloverv
    cirque du freak is the most awesome book and movie in the world except the movie didn't really follow the book
  • taycadfox
    November 22, 2009
    taycadfox
    loved it!! was a little kiddish but i enjoyed it all the same
  • manoose47
    November 22, 2009
    manoose47
    books were massacred
  • annamarialawrence
    November 22, 2009
    annamarialawrence
    dats so awful i haven watched it
  • megs0398
    November 22, 2009
    megs0398
    i really really really want to see this film !!!
  • seidivalencia
    November 21, 2009
    seidivalencia
    I READ ALMOST ALL OF THE CIRQUE DU FREAK SEQUELS. AHHH!! LOL
  • stickachopa
    November 21, 2009
    stickachopa
    never liked edward don't think i will like darren
  • eragon1unicorn1
    November 21, 2009
    eragon1unicorn1
    man i want to see this movie
  • domsi96
    November 21, 2009
    domsi96
    em... no... I didn't like it.
    So I was like really excited to see this film, because I really like vampire films and all, but I was totally suprised. I thought it was a really SILLY film, it did make me LOL (in the cinima, which was so embaressing) But I still think it was reall...( read more)y stupid.
    Ok so now, i've read like 4 books out of the saga and I'm really freaked out by them, but I have realised how different they are from the film! Isn't this film supposed to be based on the Darren Shan Saga???
  • oscarin9303
    November 21, 2009
    oscarin9303
    I already read the book but I'm sure that it won't be the same =/
  • rodilb
    November 21, 2009
    rodilb
    makes you laught but it's like a copy from twilight, do not do things like the same
  • Sissylovesyou18
    November 20, 2009
    Sissylovesyou18
    Not really because I dont like vampire movies anymore.
  • amyleecr7
    November 20, 2009
    amyleecr7
    hooo esta la juii aver ii pz no le puze atenziiOn jajajajja.... iia nii vii en ke teRmiinoouu jajjjaa
  • AgentLexi2132
    November 20, 2009
    AgentLexi2132
    ''Vampires don't need cellphones.''

    A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

    John C....( read more) Reilly: Larten Crepsley

    It's very easy in this day and age to dismiss any film based on a successful young adult book series as just a studio's attempt to throw something up against the wall that could effectively begin a franchise and seeing if it sticks. You have every right to be suspicious of that, based upon the number of fantasy books that have tried it and been mostly unsuccessful - The Seeker, The Golden Compass, Narnia, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Bridge to Terabithia, Eragon(Shudders!), thus the list could go on and on and on.
    One begins to feel as if the studios are really becoming desperate to attempt to launch something new into the genre thus make more profit from it. I'm sure that's what everyone is thinking about this adaptation of Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak books.

    It probably doesn't help that the movie features vampires that don't have fangs and seem to have one side not wanting to kill humans and the others do. Believe me, I'm getting tired of this story-line since Twilight. But that's pretty much where the comparisons end here, all the alternative vampires featured in the film definitely have a lust for human blood and the main bad guy, Murlough, actually files his teeth into fangs. This is also not just a story about fighting vampires; Yes, the main conflict in the film is between two groups of the bloodthirsty undead; factually there are many different types of characters that we run into on our way through the film. You've got Patrick Fugit as a snake-boy, Salma Hayek as a bearded lady with psychic powers (and an amazing rack/body I might add!), Tom Woodruff, Jr. as the Wolfman, Orlando Jones as a guy with his skin missing and his ribs exposed, and an extremely evil fellow that seems to play everyone against each other to get what he wants named Mr. Tiny. He seems to have some kind of bizarre magical powers that weren't completely explained.

    ''College! Job! Family! And one day, if you're really lucky, you'll be standing here yelling at a teenager of your own.''

    Just with the names above, you can see that there was no expense spared in pulling together a pretty impressive ensemble cast. Then add to that Willem Dafoe as a rather eccentric acting vampire and a very unexpected John C. Reilly as the freak show vampire Larten Crepsley. Reilly really delivers in the role, being witty and slightly scary in the as Crepsley. He almost veers completely off his normal path of the idiot friend or relative that he has paved for himself by being in Stepbrothers, Talladega Nights, and Walk Hard. The reason I say almost is he still retains a sense of humour, but in a more traditional manner confined to the storytelling.

    I found Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant to be a pretty enjoyable, and entertaining film. It had a darkly comic, richly sarcastic vibe that many of the films based on these types of books seem to miss out upon. I haven't read the books of this series, but this film definitely seemed to incite me to do so.
    Will this be one of those times where the film will make enough money for the studio to kick off a new franchise? Who knows.

    Darren Shan: So do I turn into a bat
    Larten Crepsley: NO! NO! That is Bullshit.
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    November 20, 2009
    frank522
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  • PoisonousRosePetal
    November 19, 2009
    PoisonousRosePetal
    watched first ten min on the net. got all the books, waited for this moment since i read them, waiting so i can see it in good version not the net
  • Maeliki
    November 19, 2009
    Maeliki
    Kool movie.....i guess part two will be coming out as well
  • Cesor900
    November 19, 2009
    Cesor900
    QUE EXELENCIA DE PELICULA LA MEJOR
  • duldiga
    November 19, 2009
    duldiga
    veanla si esta de poka
  • reycesar
    November 19, 2009
    reycesar
    es una exelente pelicula
  • erapaco2009
    November 19, 2009
    erapaco2009
    Aņadir un comentario ...k chimbaaa
  • marthawar
    November 19, 2009
    marthawar
    WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • brneyedscorpi
    November 19, 2009
    brneyedscorpi
    Fairly decent movie... I'd wait till rental though
  • fblessedh
    November 19, 2009
    fblessedh
    i like this kind of movie!!!
  • aqlynlyn
    November 19, 2009
    aqlynlyn
    i think this movie would be fun.. :)
  • sykora259517
    November 18, 2009
    sykora259517
    I fell asleep to it I think 3 times! In the same night! Lol Salma Hayek w/ a beard! I think 3 books were combined into this.
    (like the Lemony Snicket series, & have we seen another?)
    There's not really much by way of excitement unless you want to count the 'graveyard' (I tink...( read more) that's what I saw. fall asleep once may jsut be tired fall asleep twice, the movie is really not nice fall asleep thrice...forewarning advice


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    November 18, 2009
    trusha1
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  • ezyves
    November 18, 2009
    ezyves
    this is what I'm talking about!
  • Avrilrawks
    November 18, 2009
    Avrilrawks
    it was not as good i thought it would be and the story have not end
  • akawimbo
    November 18, 2009
    akawimbo
    this director is veryy illlllll il like it
  • georgina2008
    November 17, 2009
    georgina2008
    it was ok not really for me
  • ruthf14
    November 17, 2009
    ruthf14
    wuapaa...cmoo siempree stas pelis m nkanta..
  • oreorebel
    November 17, 2009
    oreorebel
    rather interesting...
    wonder if there will be another
  • sidrandle02
    November 16, 2009
    sidrandle02
    i don't know. i started reading the series but didn't really get into it!
  • perdykool
    November 15, 2009
    perdykool
    saw the trailers... weird
  • familyguy1956
    November 15, 2009
    familyguy1956
    I wouldn't watch it but my wife would.
  • DyosaMayumi
    November 15, 2009
    DyosaMayumi
    ANOTHER VAMPIRE MOVIE
  • broharold
    November 15, 2009
    broharold
    it is good ililked iit
  • kimohh95
    November 15, 2009
    kimohh95
    It is mint. Mr crepsly and Darren and were played brillantly. Although it differs from the books I still loved it/
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    November 15, 2009
    ksadkl
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  • courtney2810
    November 15, 2009
    courtney2810
    brilliant... absolutely loved it.... steve is gorgeous...so is darren...mwah mwah both of ya's lol
  • ltldick1
    November 15, 2009
    ltldick1
    This was just a fun flick to watch!!
  • ile1975
    November 14, 2009
    ile1975
    A bit of a twist on the same old vampire movie. Not to bad.
  • dmd042365
    November 14, 2009
    dmd042365
    not sure on this one yet
  • senorita106
    November 14, 2009
    senorita106
    VERY BRILLIANT MOVIE FOR HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

    Salma Hayek looks "AWESOME" in this movie, being the fortune teller that knows what's going to happen.
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    November 14, 2009
    byhwebcwav
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  • tephied
    November 14, 2009
    tephied
    I liked this movie when I saw it a couple weeks ago, and since then it has grown on me even more. It's been quite a while since I read the series, but this movie reminded me how good the books were and brought the characters back into my imagination. There are plenty of differenc...( read more)es from the books, but it was great to see the characters and storyline in a more visual format.
  • saralife25
    November 14, 2009
    saralife25
    this movie was really intresting ,i've never been a big fan of chris massoglia but i loved him in this movie i was surprised how great he was , and as the movie go on i get sort of lost in it sometimes there was no right combination of the scene but other then that i found this ...( read more)film as a combination of fantasy and fun anyway it was amazing and worth seeing

Summary

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Summary