Alegria (1999) *

Directed by Franco Dragone. With Frank Langella, Julie Cox and Rene Bazinet. Some film are just so irritating in their utter and insufferable mediocrity, they compel viewers to kick the chairs, throw the popcorn at the screen, spill their drinks and scream like wounded hyenas. This cinematic adaptation of the famous Cirque du Soleil spectacle is a case in point. It's like a cross between "Oliver Twist" and "Big Top Pee-wee", made by tone-deaf fashion victims.