The Elephant Man (4 Stars)

I'm a strange person sometimes. I watched "The Elephant Man" for the first time in 2013. I evidently enjoyed it, based on my rating and what I wrote about it. And yet I didn't watch it again until today, 12 years later. I wouldn't even have watched it today if it hadn't been presented by my good friend Alexander Kiensch at our monthly film evening.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what if a person is so deformed that it's impossible to look at him without being repulsed? I would be polite enough to accept the person, but I wouldn't be able to overcome my inner feelings.

The film is a true story. At the beginning of the film John Merrick is 21. He was 27 when he died. When he was discovered in a freak show it was assumed that he was mentally retarded and mute. The doctor treating him soon discovered and he was of normal intelligence, and he was able to speak but preferred not to.

The film is moving as the portrayal of a man treated as an outsider for no fault of his own.

Success Rate:  + 3.2

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