Reviews

The protagonists of Freaks Out are not spotless and fearless heroes, they do not carry the fate of humanity on their shoulders. In the eyes of the world they are freaks of nature, bestial creatures who, by dint of being pointed out as freak phenomena, begin to convince themselves of it and almost to self-pity. Inside them, however, an irrepressible humanity burns: they suffer, rejoice, love and make mistakes like anyone else. The diversified and multifaceted characterization of the four protagonists calls into question an inconsistent and problematic category such as that of the so-called "normal" to open up to an ode to diversity, no longer understood as absolute compared to a usual paradigm, but as the uniqueness of each being human.

The Hand of God is as beautiful as Youth, The Great Beauty, or any one of Sorrentino's earlier films. It's a personal, aching, and romantic film that's swimming in the complicated trials of youth.

A delicate and fascinating portrait about the loss of innocence and destiny. Through Fabietto's eyes, Sorrentino conveys how a filmmaker experiences life in images that create lasting impressions and inform his art.