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Animals

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Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.

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Elevated by the chemistry and bold performances of its leads, Animals takes a refreshingly frank and impressively ambitious look at female relationships.

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Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 09/10/2019
4/5
It's a tribute to [director] Sophie Hyde's work that these two gals, with tinkling white wine glasses and cackling laughter, become fully engaging women on screen. Go to Full Review
Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) 08/04/2019
4/5
Animals treats its subjects with patience and generosity. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times 08/02/2019
3/5
[A] preposterous version of the Irish capital wherein folk who can't hold down barista jobs live in vast Georgian houses, or perform sean-nós in salons surrounded by objects d'art. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Nov 12
4/5
Adapted from Emma Jane Unsworth's novel of the same name, this dark comedy is a touching, funny and unflinching portrayal of female friendship. Go to Full Review
Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews 07/14/2024
3.5/5
With a standout performance from lead actress Holliday Grainger, the film succeeds best when it dissects female friendship while exploring individuality in relationships. Go to Full Review
Yasmin Omar Harper's Bazaar 06/25/2021
4/5
Animals ultimately celebrates the messiness of balancing relationships in your thirties. Go to Full Review
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Julian P Mar 6 Gripping throughout with thoroughly entertaining characters. Not a dull moment and I have no issue with the lack of a Hollywood ending. See more Andrei D 11/14/2023 Needs more Alia weirdness See more isla s 09/04/2022 I can't say I particularly enjoyed this film overall. Its mainly a social commentary piece about a couple of girls in their 20s somewhat coming of age but I didn't find the female characters entirely likeable. I admit I'm not much of a party girl myself but it didn't strike me as entirely memorable...I guess I felt a bit sorry that they were clearly drifting apart and I appreciated the somewhat feministic undertones/dialogue at times, plus were a few scenes which were kind of funny, mainly in a cringey way, when the female characters find themselves in awkward situations but overall I wouldn't recommend the film as such, no. See more 01/26/2021 Tiresomely tedious. I fail to see why it gets rave reviews. There are frequent comparisons with I Tonya, not a great movie itself but interestingly watchable. I found this completely devoid of interest and after 50 mins or so found myself not actually watching any more so turned off the TV. Unlikeable self-obsessed characters with nothing interesting to say about life, and I doubt the 'real people' were who they purport to be either. Utterly, utterly pointless, as a movie or as real life. Get a life, indeed. See more 10/31/2020 Honest question.... why does every movie about feminism I watch involve the feminist being an overall trash human being ? Is that just like what the movement is about ? Treating all men crappy . How can you sympathize with a character just outta the blue cheating on her very nice fiancé for no apparent reason at all 2.3. Movie wasn’t terrible, I just thought if the characters were actual people the would be of low moral standards. I’m starting to think Alia may be like that in real life though because how many times can you play similar characters before you start to think eh maybe they just aren’t good humans See more 09/09/2020 I love the two woman who are the leads grappling through the end of their twenties into their thirties as their relationship slowly moves apart. Tyler holding firm onto what they have while Laura jumps into a different, more conventional world, Tyler on one end of the rope and Jim at the other. Her ambivalence tangible but she reconciles that this new engaged life will bring her clarity as an author, her struggle so fascinating to watch. Tyler hanging on to her coat tails for dear life also equally brilliant to watch. Half of me is rooting for Laura to make it with Jim and the other half thinking work it out for yourself and move wherever you're going to go organically not because outside influences dictate where you should be. The two women are fabulous so kudos to Holliday and Alia for creating magic. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.
Director
Sophie Hyde
Producer
Sarah Brocklehurst
Screenwriter
Emma Jane Unsworth
Production Co
Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Closer Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 28, 2020
Runtime
1h 49m
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