July 1, 2008
One star for the cinematography. The rest was pure crap.
Cathy Berry, George McArthur, Jak Kendall
A tale of murder in small-town Kansas. When Jimmy is lured away from his abusive family by a traveling sideshow carnival, he encounters Sandra, one of the main attractions. The happiness they find tog...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 4, 2006
Stats: 88 reviews
Flixster Reviews (88)
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March 30, 2008The music score and cinematography were good but terrible script and directing. Boring!
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October 14, 2009I love stories where the antagonist is really evil and twisted, and in this film, Patton delivers in two roles. Character lines were blurred at times, and I am still unsure as to whether that was the filmmakers' intention or not. That said, I did enjoy all the characters and the...( read more)
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July 5, 2008Very ambitious and very well executed. Patton and Black do an amazing job in this film.
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June 2, 2008Hard to avoid comparisons with Lynch, but it's one of the best things about Firecracker. Nicely taken cinematography would be the second and I'm afraid that's it... Narration and story itself are dull and tiring, the fact it's based on real events doesn't make it more dramatic, i...( read more)
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November 1, 2007Not sure what's more boring, murder in Kansas or a movie about sideshow freaks who aren't freaks.
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May 15, 2007Firecracker kick ass, Mike Patton is fuckin great musician and with role in this movie he proved that hes a very great actor too, movie all in all was very good too, i liked story it's wierd one but good one and black and hwote thing very gooodddddddddddddddddd
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