A film of two halves

Rating: 5/10 (18 February 2019)

This review contains minor spoilers.
The first half of the film is OK. Nothing spectacular, decent choreography, cool soundtrack, not particularly appealing characters. You don't develop any interest in them, except maybe the 7-year-old who is so terribly out of place. Whether that was Noe's intent or he just fails to make you care for the troupe I cannot say.
Then the midway credits roll; yes at the half mark exactly.
The rest of the film is a gradual build-up of insanity. While this is to be expected, given the premise of the film, one has to wonder what the point of it all is.
I don't see any.
Shock for the sake of shock, and a dull, slow, drag of ugliness.
A film, first and foremost, has to entertain, and if it makes you think, if it moves you, even better. Climax does none of these things.