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| | BBC - Films - review - Circus |
 | | If a bunch of smart, spotty schoolboys, who by definition had yet to learn about Real Life, had devised "Circus" during their mid-morning break, you'd at least applaud them for their imagination. |
 | | As it is, "Circus" has been thought up (not that thinking seems to be their chief concern) by writer David Logan and director Rob Walker who, as far as we know, have indeed left school. |
 | | The world, in fact, is Brighton, Logan's home town, where Leo (John Hannah) is an egotistical con-man, Lily (Famke Janssen) is his ice-cold wife, Troy (Eddie Izzard) is a sadistic bookie and Bruno (Brian Conley) is the grinning, thuggish gang boss who lords it over all. |
| www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/01/11/circus_2000_review.shtml (386 words) |
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