this may not be the bad movie to ever win best picture but it up there . well on second thought this be probably the bad film to ever win best picture . still though you would expect it to be a worth while film . that in fact though if questionable a well . the film contain almost no depth and be just fun after fun if you want to call it that . at first it very interesting but it seem a if everything be exaggerate on so many level . the acting be not spectacular to watch but it be quite interesting see charlton heston in his first lead role . i find many of the character like the tone of the movie annoying after awhile . who i do like a lot be james stewart a the philosophical clown . he to me save the film in that he give it a much need extra layer . sadly though after stewart there be not much else . the directing of the much respect cecil demille be non existent to me . i find the movie corny at time and his use of betty hutton be a mistake . the look of the movie be very good at time but it do not generate that magical feeling that classic need to have . the writing be actually pretty good consider how shallow much of the movie be . from movie like this do the term hollywood trash come up . there be no depth and no valid attempt at draw emotion out of the audience and simply no artistic value to the film . then of course the many hole in the plot throughout . this movie be consistently annoy and frustrate . i even have a sense through this film that much of what i be watch be not only and inaccurate depiction of circus life but instead the opposite of how it really be . why this won best picture be beyond me but it not like the first or the last time the oscar will and have make a mistake .