Review of Animal Love (1996) by Paul N — 20 May 2008

This film is fantastically weird. It's seems at first to be about pets but actually it's all about people.

This review of Animal Love (1996) was written by Paul N on 20 May 2008.

Animal Love has generally received positive reviews.

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