Review of Animal Kingdom (2010) by Spangle — 10 Aug 2014
A truly great crime drama/thriller. David Michod's direction of this one is stupendous. Across the board, the acting is phenomenal. James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Sullivan Stapleton, Luke Ford, etc etc, the list goes on, just great.
The story is dark, bleak, and unrelenting, but is very engaging and interesting. In this one, if something can go wrong, it will, is undeniably the case as things get darker and darker throughout. The drama is very well done, thanks to a great script, which develops all of the characters very well and makes them very realistic and authentic.
In addition, the ending is fantastic. The beginning is admittedly slow (not boring, but certainly slower), but the ending...wow. It really hits you right in the face and leaves you shell shocked. I wish this one got more attention, because it is certainly worthy of praise.
This review of Animal Kingdom (2010) was written by Spangle on 10 Aug 2014.
Animal Kingdom has generally received very positive reviews.
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