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Circo
Directed by
Aaron Schock
Not Rated
2011
75m
Documentary
7.0
92%
80%
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A hardscrabble traveling Mexican circus troupe has lived and performed on the road since the 19th Century, but will their art survive into the 21st?
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Where to Watch Circo
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Cast of Circo
Aaron Schock
Director
Mark Becker
Writer
Jannat Gargi
Producer
Circo Ratings & Reviews
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
"Circo" is an amazing feat.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
The colors are vivid, the acrobats nimble, the animals impressive and the hard work of Ponce and his extended family has nobility and poignancy.
Washington City Paper
Tricia Olszewski
Running off and joining the circus won't seem like such a fun idea after watching Circo.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Circo ends somewhat arbitrarily and could benefit from a stronger conclusion, but its portrait of a lifestyle that's at once shabby and glittery is finely etched.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
The real life the camera catches is naturally more dramatic and unexpected than any written scenario.
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
Sort of a modern-day version of "Toby Tyler," only without a frisky, mischievous Mr. Stubbs as comic relief.
Boston Globe
Loren King
"Circo'' offers a fascinating mix of backstage drama and family dynamics.
Boston Phoenix
Gerald Peary
Circo is touching as a personal family story, but extraordinary as a visual document of an eroding world, thanks to Schock's second job as an amazing cinematographer.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
In "Circo," Aaron Schock documents the fearsome labor and intense willpower it takes to keep this shoestring show on the road, and the price paid by the family that runs it.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
Besides documenting the life of a rural traveling family circus, Schock looks at how traditions of the past are challenged in today's world.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
...the kind of documentary that brings you to a different world and lifestyle.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
"Circo" is a marvel of a documentary, a clear-eyed and affectionate film that tells a remarkable story with both visual and personal sensitivity.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Captivating, unflinchingly honest and poignant.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Circo has the succinct haunting contradiction of a good Steinbeck story, perhaps something out of Tortilla Flat.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
The contrast between Schock's discreet approach and the family's stormy differences could have been powerful. But without much of the latter captured on film, Circo feels all too diffident.
IFC.com
Matt Singer
Undeniably beautiful and undeniably sad.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
It does provide a look at a unique family and a disappearing way of life.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
A touching chronicle of a dying culture harnessed to ambitions that remain very much alive.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Though Circo is pretty bleak, Schock doesn't skimp on the exotic wonder of a life on the road, surrounded by color and danger.
Village Voice
Ernest Hardy
Circo is filled with beautiful images and haunting moments.
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