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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Aug 2018

As if by magic, Zagar has managed to foster a sense of familiarity among the boys that sells the illusion that they’re related, further reinforced…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 16 Aug 2018

It works best when it's most impressionistic…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for What the Flick?! (134) on 16 Aug 2018

The movie doesn't tell you things, it just sort of leaves it to you to infer them from what the kids see…

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By Natalia Winkelman (145) for The Daily Beast (380) on 16 Aug 2018

A work of piercing feeling and effortless artistry...For a film this small and focused to pack such an emotional punch is a feat…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for What the Flick?! (134) on 16 Aug 2018

A lot is told wordlessly very efficiently…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 16 Aug 2018

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 15 Aug 2018

Somehow... Zagar has found a way to let the film's scenes surface and recede the way memories do…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 15 Aug 2018

Fragile yet resilient, We the Animals has an elemental quality that’s hugely endearing, using air and water and the deep, damp earth to fashion…

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By André Hereford (101) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 Aug 2018

At any moment, We the Animals might look and sound gorgeous—yet the film unfolds with a naturalistic pace that plods like a too-lazy summer…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 15 Aug 2018

We the Animals is a coming-of-age movie in which the formative experiences at hand are defined by intense primal sensations rather than specific…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 15 Aug 2018

A captivating, visually stunning and genuinely moving experience. It's even more emotionally resonating than Moonlight…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 15 Aug 2018

This movie version sometimes feels evasive or incomplete, partly because you can describe some things in a book that you cannot show on a screen,…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Aug 2018

Zagar, judiciously adapting the book with Daniel Kitrosser, submerges the audience into their world from the outset, presenting a fluid stream…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Gay City News (145) on 15 Aug 2018

We the Animals is a tough story, but also life-affirming…

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By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Aug 2018

We the Animals is most effective when it breaks free from conventional storytelling and relies on image, sound, emotion, and mood…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 14 Aug 2018

Working mostly with non-professional actors, Zagar also wrings some heartbreaking performances out of his young cast, especially Rosado, whose…

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By Lawrence Garcia (34) for AV Club (2,778) on 14 Aug 2018

Unlike Sean Baker, who grounded his Florida Project in a firm but never condescending viewpoint on the milieu, Zagar seems to lack a coherent…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 14 Aug 2018

Zagar's documentary eye and sensitivity to complex characters make a potent combination, marking him as a filmmaker to watch…

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By Alex Barasch (4) for Slate (2,081) on 14 Aug 2018

The fact that Jonah is so young means the writers’ hands are partially tied when it comes time to land that final gut-punch, and the effect…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 13 Aug 2018

Brawling yet tender, wild yet rigorously controlled, first-time fiction director Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals is an impressionistic swirl…

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