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Animals

- Some friendships are wild at heart

Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

Release Date : 2019-08-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sarah Brocklehurst ProductionsCloser ProductionsVico FilmsHead Gear FilmsMetrol TechnologyKreo Films

Production Country : AustraliaIrelandUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Laura

Original Name : Holliday Grainger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tyler

Original Name : Alia Shawkat

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Fra Fee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty

Original Name : Dermot Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Amy Molloy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Pat Shortt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maureen

Original Name : Olwen Fouéré

Gender : Female

Character Name : Julian

Original Name : Kwaku Fortune

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kirsten

Original Name : Elva Trill

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chicken Sandwich

Original Name : Anthony Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leo

Original Name : Jamael Westman

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Avant Gardener

Original Name : Muiris Crowley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Dress Shop Assistant

Original Name : Tara Egan Langley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bar Man

Original Name : Ryan Lincoln

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jake

Original Name : Charlie Maher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bursary Benefactor at Awards Party

Original Name : Zeff Lawless

Gender : Male

Reviews

SWITCH.

@maketheSWITCH

2021-06-23

‘Animals’ would have been better served had it had the guts to go as dark as the source material, instead of teetering on the edge. Gritty but not too gritty, the film fails to decide which relationship is its focus, yet it still manages to engage you enough not to truely care while voyeuristically observing this modern right of passage of identity, resilience and the hard choices we have to make. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-animals-hedonistic-female-friendship-and-the-art-of-growing-up Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-29

This starts off quite strongly with the dynamic between "Laura" (Holliday Grainger) and "Tyler" (Alia Shawkat) tight and nippy - if largely hedonistic and alcohol fuelled. Once a love interest develops between the pair though, and the latter's sister "Jean" (Amy Molloy) deliberately gets pregnant, the body clocks start ticking and the pace of the film slows to that of a glacier as the sharpness of the first 20 minutes or so takes to it's heels. What that leaves us with is a sort of dull observational documentary on some thoughtless and selfish Dublin pseudo-intellectuals and by the conclusion I just didn't care.