I have not seen the movie but have read all 12 books. Every single book was a mini movie in your head especially book number 12.The author is Darren Shan and he is a GENIOUS!!!! The only thing that i have to say is that they should have cast Josh Hutcherson as Darren Shan and not Steve 'leopard'. This should have been because Steve is blond and Josh Hutcherson has brown hair, but i think that Josh will play the role wonderfully!! :) I highly recomend seeing this movie it is great. TTYL; Briana a.k.a Darren Shans #1 fan

This was a good film overall - it was evident that this first movie was laying the groundwork for more movies as adapted from the literary series. I enjoyed the cast and characters. Seeing it in the theatre was a good idea to optimize sights and sounds in the movie. I plan to see the next movie in the theatre as well. This was a good family movie in my opinion, however I think it will appeal to a variety of people.

This movie is going to rock. I've seen parts of the filming and it's awsome.

This movie is going to be foukin awsome.It is going to be filled with awsome ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This 1hr 48mins movie-adaptation of Darren Shan's first three volumes of The Saga of Darren Shan was ineptly directed by Paul Weitz and terribly edited by Leslie Jones. Poorly choreographed fight scenes, uneven plot flow, characters that suffered from a lack of depth and development, under-utilization of talented actors/actresses, freshman-level special effects plus the below-average direction and choppy editing earned this movie its C-minus grade. Only John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, and Josh Hutcherson's performances saved this lame movie from an outright D. Chris Massoglia who played Darren Shan was given way too much weight in this movie and his acting skills paled in comparison to the talented scene-stealing Josh Hutcherson. The 'freaks' were not given enough screen time. The ending sets up for a possible sequel. VERDICT: I was disappointed by this movie because I had such high expectations for it. However, I'm sure CIRQUE DU FREAK will find its audience.