Only the Animals

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Alain E @AlainE May 12 It requires patience, because in the beginning many of the events appear unexplainable. Then, by the time we reach the third chapter of this complex story everything falls in place. Unfortunately the conclusion is that humans yearn for love, sex and money in every possible wrong way inflicting carnage right and left. On Tubi. See more claudio jaime c @cashi22 Dec 13 pelicula coral del estilo de Iñarritu ej babel o amores perros un drama con tintes policiales narrado y actuado de forma excepcional un poco larga pero no defrauda ,un final para quedar con la boca abierta . me gustó que uno de los protagonistas usaba una camiseta de mi club Boca Juniors de Argentina See more Ronald H @RT44372985 May 27 Fiendishly clever, with a plot that Hitchcock wud have loved. This film requires patience from the viewer, as the puzzle pieces slowly fall into place over its two hour running time. When it all finally comes together, it packs a punch. See more Kevin L @Lakeman 11/24/2022 I should've watched this one sooner. Then again, I would'nt have had the great pleasure of seeing it tonight. What an impressive piece of writing and directing by Dominik Moll. The screenplay by Moll, along with Gilles Marchand and Colin Neil, is an intricate tightrope to walk, with its convoluted connections of characters, time, and actions. It's a film about the dangers of deception and infidelities, of the desperation that poverty and desires can push us into, and those who are hurt in the crossfire. Moll keeps things tight and flowing with an incredibly deft skill in pacing and well-realized characters . We come to know each of the main figures just well enough that we feel the authenticity of their emotional reactions and can appreciate the actions they take out of their desperate straits; out their perception of those they are using or those they desire most. But no one is safe in "Only the Animals". The victims and the victimizers are hurting, but their efforts to relieve that pain are misguided, or outright criminal. But sense when does clouded judgement or impulsive emotional reaction lead us to rational, mature actions? The acting is superior in general. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Laure Calamu. Denis Menochet, and Nadia Tereszkiewic are especially good. And Damien Bonnard is convincing as a man in his own arrested development; frozen in a static state of loss and isolation. The Robbe-Grillet-esque manner in which the characters are so intertwined like some network of actions and reactions, continually surprises and explains when/why/how what we've seen already went down. One choice, one sudden impulse, one calculated act triggers another, with unfortunate results and no happy resolutions. Damn nice work, Moll, writers, and cast. 3.8 stars See more Jorge A @RT40207803 04/21/2022 Incredibly well written!!! I watched it because appeared listed in the best thrillers section of the golden tomatoes 2021, it was the last one but at least for me is the best one in the list, Titane and Azor were good and interesting but this one is soooo good! If you are a thriller junkie you''ll love this film!!! See more the s @The_Stranger 12/02/2021 The best film I've seen for 2021, hands down. Well scripted and acted, a touch of Cohen Bros, a taste of irony and some suspense thrown in. Well done. And granted, it didn't take a whole lot to be the best movie of 2021 (I know it's from 2020 but I just saw it so it's new to me) but leave it to a French film to kick the butts of the mindless, copy cat Americans who seem wholly committed to just making the same film over and over for 5 decades in every genre. Script on this is solid, acting was super good. They didn't feel obligated to jam in hyper cool music to appease the hipsters, didn't need big name celebrities or any kind of crazy special effects. Just a talented writer, talented director, a great script and some talented actors. That's all it takes, Hollywood. Remember back when you used to follow the same formula back before you just started making lowest common denominator drivel with zero creativity or originality? Americans, take note. This is how you make a solid film. See more Read all reviews

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