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Animals' drug-fueled storyline is undeniably grim, but its sensitive approach to its difficult themes -- and its talented cast -- make watching it well worth the discomfort.
All Critics (26) | Top Critics (13)
Director Collin Schiffli keeps a tight focus on character, as the couple's plight becomes increasingly dire. Nov 2, 2016 | Full Review…
Director Collin Schiffli keeps a tight focus on character, as the couple's plight becomes increasingly dire.
Steve Dollar
"Animals" is a stark, brilliant, uncompromising, beautifully acted piece of work. May 22, 2015
"Animals" is a stark, brilliant, uncompromising, beautifully acted piece of work.
Richard Roeper
The couple's doomed romance feels familiar from numerous other films about addiction, and the movie is downright bad whenever it aspires to visual poetry. May 21, 2015 | Full Review…
The couple's doomed romance feels familiar from numerous other films about addiction, and the movie is downright bad whenever it aspires to visual poetry.
Ben Sachs
This is not a "slippery slope" movie, like other stories about addicts. In "Animals," they are already at the bottom of the slope. May 15, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
This is not a "slippery slope" movie, like other stories about addicts. In "Animals," they are already at the bottom of the slope.
Sheila O'Malley
It's gritty and grim, but "Animals" is also a gripping portrait of young junkies in love. May 14, 2015 | Full Review…
It's gritty and grim, but "Animals" is also a gripping portrait of young junkies in love.
Gary Goldstein
The trajectory of "Animals" is obvious in the opening minutes of this numbing if well-acted junkie drama. May 14, 2015 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The trajectory of "Animals" is obvious in the opening minutes of this numbing if well-acted junkie drama.
Tom Keogh
It hits enough unexpected notes, both of damnation and redemption, that it stands above most of its contemporaries in the subgenre. Feb 22, 2016 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It hits enough unexpected notes, both of damnation and redemption, that it stands above most of its contemporaries in the subgenre.
Nathan Bartlebaugh
Homeless con artists ply their trade in petty crime survival saga. Dec 24, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
Homeless con artists ply their trade in petty crime survival saga.
Kam Williams
What separates Animals from its twitchier brethren is a keen sense of place. May 28, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
What separates Animals from its twitchier brethren is a keen sense of place.
Dan Caffrey
Has confidence and authenticity to spare. May 21, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Has confidence and authenticity to spare.
Matt Pais
This kind of movie can boost the fortunes of little-known actors, and it should do that for Dastmalchian and Shaw. May 15, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
This kind of movie can boost the fortunes of little-known actors, and it should do that for Dastmalchian and Shaw.
Robert Horton
There's no shortage of indie pictures that burrow into the cold realities of drug dependency. But "Animals," like the best of these films, moves beyond mere cautionary tale. May 15, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
There's no shortage of indie pictures that burrow into the cold realities of drug dependency. But "Animals," like the best of these films, moves beyond mere cautionary tale.
Jon Niccum
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