Plot: We follow a circus on tour. They travel from city to city, set up their tent for a short while and after a couple of days they move to the next city. The circus master rules the place fairly, but with an iron hand, as he negates all kinds of troubles, romances, and shady figures trying to make an extra buck.
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June 22, 2024
According to this film, the greatest show on Earth is ... a circus. I never understood the appeal of these shows and this film didn't clarify anything. The circus footage is messy, dull, and often annoying. The weird narrative layered on top didn't help things either. All it did was extend the runtime beyond the acceptable.
A lot of the film consists of bare circus show footage, which gives it an almost documentary-like feel. The shows are terrible though, no entertainment value whatsoever. The narrative part is badly acted, poorly scripted, and terribly integrated. And this mess lasts a full 150 minutes. Good riddance to circus culture if you ask me.