The father doesn’t travel through time. He creates a time dilation bubble where time inside of his bubble moves faster than time outside.

The grandfather is Mr. Snowcone not Mr. Icecream.

The grandfather and mother were not “rounded up.” They attempted to destroy the Mountain and free the other Abnormals imprisoned there. Something went wrong and the mother was presumed killed. The father blamed the grandfather for his wife’s death and went into hiding for months (aka 7 years relative time).

It doesn’t blow her father’s mind that she sees visions, he doesn’t believe it because he doesn’t know about his daughter’s powers.

Grandpa doesn’t tell the father about Mary being alive because he thinks the father will once again refuse to fight, and he needs the girl to break in… a feat he has repeatedly failed to do on his own despite his invisibility powers.

Superhuman abilities does NOT make a movie a superhero movie. To be a superhero movie you have to be a SUPER HERO. This is no different than Stephen King’s Fire Starter and owes far more to it than X-Men. This is rightly labeled as a supernatural thriller.

Your assessment on the level of special effects shows you have no idea on the technical craft required and demonstrated aptly by the team that did an incredible job on the movie. You should refrain from such ignorant statements if you lack the experience to make a judgment call like that.

No I am not connected to the film in any way, but I do know whereof I speak as a veteran comic book writer, artist and with a few producing credits under my belt.

What I like best about Freaks is the almost zero exposition during the entire film, what exposition there is is revealed in an organic way and only when necessary. Gone are the usual title sequences of newsreels after newsreels to set the scene (looking at you, Code 8, tsk tsk). What this movie loses out on clarity of its world-building, it more than makes up for in suspense and intrigue, especially in the opening acts.

OTOH, one low point for me would be near the end when Agent Ray showed up uninvited at our heroes’ house. I was hoping maybe Agent Ray would have had some tricks up her sleeve, like maybe she’s a legalized Abnormal working for the government, something other than the threat of a drone attack that takes time and would eliminate herself as well. As it is, it just does not make sense that her gambit would work against a house full of Abnormals, including an undocumented Third Generation one (I remember it was mentioned the super human ability enhances with each subsequent generation).

Oh, I’m pretty sure Henry’s ability to create and maintain a time bubble works only when he is wide awake, not when he is asleep! Also, the piles of cash in their safe? Easy, freeze time at a bank, and just take what he wants at his leisure.

Finally, this movie reminds me a lot of another movie with a little girl at the centre of its mystery, Stephanie (2017). I recall having the same sort of feelings of “the plot could go any number of ways” running through my head before the reveals.
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