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Animals
2015 90m Not Rated
Drama
,
Romance
6.3
86%
75%
57%
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Jude and Bobbie are conning their way through life to feed their endless addiction. When confronted with the reality of their situation, the young lovers must decide if true love can prevail in the face of all else.
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Directed By
Collin Schiffli
Written By
David Dastmalchian
Studio
Oscilloscope
Cast of Animals
David Dastmalchian
Jude
Kim Shaw
Bobbie
John Heard
Albert
John Hoogenakker
Guy
Shon McGregory
Businessman
Ilyssa Fradin
Brenda
Animals Reviews
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
The trajectory of "Animals" is obvious in the opening minutes of this numbing if well-acted junkie drama.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
This is not a "slippery slope" movie, like other stories about addicts. In "Animals," they are already at the bottom of the slope.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The way Schiffli blends grim reality with drug-induced fantasy is fascinating.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
The actors do their best to bring humanity to the junkie clichs, assisted by their character-actor mix of familiarity and anonymity.
The Film Stage
Nathan Bartlebaugh
It hits enough unexpected notes, both of damnation and redemption, that it stands above most of its contemporaries in the subgenre.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
Dastmalchian's screenwriting debut bodes well for an alternative career alongside his performances.
Film Threat
Brian Tallerico
It is a character study that reminds me of the first time I saw Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. And it could eventually herald the arrival of as important a talent.
The Dissolve
Scott Tobias
Dastmalchian and Shaw are both superb as lovers whose devotion to each other remains unshaken by their otherwise all-encompassing addiction.
Wall Street Journal
Steve Dollar
Director Collin Schiffli keeps a tight focus on character, as the couple's plight becomes increasingly dire.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
"Animals" is a stark, brilliant, uncompromising, beautifully acted piece of work.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
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.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
It's gritty and grim, but "Animals" is also a gripping portrait of young junkies in love.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Schiffli shoots in a fluid style, tweaking colors and focus to register changes in perception and feeling.
Village Voice
Chris Packham
The premise - homeless drug addicts in love - is depressing, but as directed by Collin Schiffli, the film has warmth and humor, ultimately conveying a sense of redemptive hope that Dastmalchian likely brings to the table.
Slant Magazine
Carson Lund
It sticks firmly to a Kerouac-lite immersion into young love rather than a more provocative portrait of the hazards inherent to modern urban life.
Austin Chronicle
Ashley Moreno
Animals presents an authenticity often lacking in films about drug abuse. It largely has Dastmalchin's screenplay to thank.
Variety
Joe Leydon
Dastmalchian and Shaw are thoroughly convincing both as vividly drawn, emotionally complex individuals, and as a couple inextricably bound by addiction and enabling. Among the well-cast supporting players, John Heard makes the most significant impact.
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Grimy and sad but not sensationalistic, the debut feature is like Drugstore Cowboy drained of its hipness and sex appeal -- not a bad thing, certainly, but also not something that ensures strong commercial prospects beyond a limited arthouse run.
Consequence
Dan Caffrey
What separates Animals from its twitchier brethren is a keen sense of place.
Baret News
Kam Williams
Homeless con artists ply their trade in petty crime survival saga.
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