Animals
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(s)
Anna Harrison
Stephen Fuller
Julien Benoiton
Patricia Dennehy
Christine Dilworth
Sophie Hyde
Cast & Crew
Details
Reviews
CinemaSerf
This starts off quite strongly with the dynamic between "Laura" (Holliday Grainger) and "Tyler" (Alia Shawkat) tight and nippy - if largely hedonistic and alcohol fuelled. Once a love interest develops between the pair though, and the latter's sister "Jean" (Amy Molloy) deliberately gets pregnant, the body clocks start ticking and the pace of the film slows to that of a glacier as the sharpness of the first 20 minutes or so takes to it's heels. What that leaves us with is a sort of dull observational documentary on some thoughtless and selfish Dublin pseudo-intellectuals and by the conclusion I just didn't care.
SWITCH.
‘Animals’ would have been better served had it had the guts to go as dark as the source material, instead of teetering on the edge. Gritty but not too gritty, the film fails to decide which relationship is its focus, yet it still manages to engage you enough not to truely care while voyeuristically observing this modern right of passage of identity, resilience and the hard choices we have to make. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-animals-hedonistic-female-friendship-and-the-art-of-growing-up Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.
All Trailers
Behind the scenes
Media engagement
Animals FAQs
The directors of Animals are Anna Harrison, Stephen Fuller, Julien Benoiton, Patricia Dennehy, Christine Dilworth, and Sophie Hyde.
The cast of Animals includes Pat Shortt as Bill, Holliday Grainger as Laura, Alia Shawkat as Tyler, Fra Fee as Jim, Dermot Murphy as Marty, Amy Molloy as Jean, Olwen Fouéré as Maureen, Kwaku Fortune as Julian, Elva Trill as Kirsten, Anthony Morris as Chicken Sandwich, Jamael Westman as Leo, Muiris Crowley as The Avant Gardener, and more.
The duration of Animals is 1h 49 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Animals trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Animals was released on 02 Aug 2019.
Animals is listed under Comedy and Drama on Fanbiz.
Animals has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.5/10. One reviewer wrote: "This starts off quite strongly with the dynamic between "Laura" (Holliday Grainger) and "Tyler" (Alia Shawkat) tight and nippy - if largely hedonistic and alcohol fuelled. Once..."
