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Circus

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Con man Leo Garfield and his glamorous wife, Lily, are the coolest couple in town. They dream of an escape from the drudge of everyday crime. They want out. Leo and Lily are going for the dream, the one way boat trip to Cuba! Together they mastermind the most audacious scam. Drawn into their tangled web is an assortment of loud and tasteless characters -- all wanting their piece of the action.
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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review Michael Thomson BBC.com Rated: 2/5 Apr 16, 2001 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Despite some creative casting and a few good twists, Circus never manages to rise above its muddled screenplay. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 5, 2002 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Another Tarantino wannabe film that falls flat on its face artistically... Rated: D Nov 12, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Loved it, watched many times. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Dunno why the poor rating. This film is classic Brit. Lots of twists and constantly on the move. Good acting all round and some class one liners Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member There's nothing more tedious than a movie that thinks it's being clever but hasn't the wit to disguise it's twists so the audience isn't already ahead of the reveal. The only surprise the movie managed was to not add one lass tedious turn in the epilogue. A few decent performances are hampered with awkward dialogue and insistence on giving characters qwerks to define them instead of depth. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member About twenty twists too many. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member solid 'b' movie thriller....plot is far too 'deep' for its own good...but it flows and has a nice mix of violence and humour....Hannah keeps the movie interesting Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of those movies where the director tries to make a smart and clever movie but instead ends up a muddled and only mildly engrossing film. John Hannah is well cast and he comes off the best in the cast, but the characters are so unsavory that it never really drew me into the film. It's a bunch of nasty people doing a lot of nasty things. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Con man Leo Garfield and his glamorous wife, Lily, are the coolest couple in town. They dream of an escape from the drudge of everyday crime. They want out. Leo and Lily are going for the dream, the one way boat trip to Cuba! Together they mastermind the most audacious scam. Drawn into their tangled web is an assortment of loud and tasteless characters -- all wanting their piece of the action.
Director
Rob Walker
Producer
James Gibb, Alan Latham
Screenwriter
David Logan
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Circus Pictures, Film Development Corporation
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 15, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.4K
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS
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