Directed by:
Ian MacAllister McDonaldScreenplay:
Ian MacAllister McDonaldCinematography:
Joe ZizzoComposer:
Walter SickertCast:
Thomas Mann, Marin Ireland, Lily Mae Harrington, Ryan Boudreau, Ely Henry, Adam Carbone, Chris Ghaffari, Sarah Jes Austell, Elise Hudson, Mayank Bhatter (more)Plots(1)
Look, high school sucks - we all know this. Everyone's weird, nobody is comfortable in their own skin, and yet it always seems like the "cool" kids seem to know what they're doing. Some Freaks is a searing look at the relationship between the one-eyed Matt (Thomas Mann from "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl") and the overweight Jill (the effervescent Lily Mae Harrington), two people on the outside just trying to find their way in. If the films of John Hughes were high school in the 80s, then Some Freaks is like "The Breakfast Club" for a new millennium. Always searching for their identity, Matt and Jill find solace in the other's social awkwardness, and the two outcasts form a quick, tight bond. But once Jill moves on to college, leaving Matt behind, their relationship takes a dark turn as Matt's insecurities begin to creep through after Jill loses weight and begins to look (gasp) "normal." Some Freaks is a coming-of-age film that reinvents the genre, challenging norms rather than idolizing them, and director Ian MacAllister-McDonald does a masterful job of providing an unsentimental view of growing up a freak. (Cleveland International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Thomas Mann
USA
Best movies:
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl (2015)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Marin Ireland
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
I Am Legend (2007)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Lily Mae Harrington
Best movies:
Some Freaks (2016)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
Ryan Boudreau
USA
Best movies:
Measure of a Man (2018)
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Some Freaks (2016)
Ely Henry
Canada
Best movies:
Smallfoot (2018)
Mean Girls (2004)
Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)
Adam Carbone
Best movies:
Shrek Retold (2018)
Bleed for This (2016)
Some Freaks (2016)
Chris Ghaffari
Best movies:
21 Bridges (2019)
The Report (2019)
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Sarah Jes Austell
Best movies:
Some Freaks (2016)
To Dust (2018)
The Stand-In (2020)
Elise Hudson
Best movies:
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Some Freaks (2016)
Mayank Bhatter
USA
Best movies:
The Avengers (2012)
Elena Undone (2010)
Break Point (2014)
Lachlan Buchanan
Australia
Best movies:
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Newcastle (2008)
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (2007)
Nikki Massoud
Best movies:
Some Freaks (2016)