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All the Little Animals
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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    75
    Beautifully produced: a moving film with a fascinating story and exemplary acting.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    Involvingly acted, surehandedly crafted.
  4. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Andrea C. Basora
    70
    Thomas is supported in his first directorial endeavor by a truly spectacular cast.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    70
    The narrative kept me glued to my seat.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    67
    Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    Would seem hokey if it didn't have powerful, extraordinary central performances and cinematography that lends the English landscape around Cornwall a mythical cast.
  8. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    It's a movie brimming with good intentions, solid production values and searing performances. However, it never quite clicks into place with any real satisfaction.
  9. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Fantasy-style plot doesn't mesh easily with the unsettling psychological themes woven through it.
  10. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Curtis Morgan
    50
    The effort is earnest, but the plot turns more and more implausible.
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  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    Hurt is slumming in an unchallenging role.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This moody film is ravishingly beautiful to look at -- but the story's fairy tale atmosphere doesn't entirely mesh with its psychological underpinnings.
  13. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gene Seymour
    50
    There's something plodding and uncomfortably strident about Little Animals that keeps the audience from sharing, much less understanding, Bobby's enchantment.
  14. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    40
    Three leads do their best with simplistic characters.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    40
    Simplistic on one level, indecipherable on another, it's a most peculiar muddle.
  16. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    25
    A surprisingly nasty fable about a particularly silly, very English brand of animal-rights extremism.
  17. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    23
    Hamilton's quasi-Luddite tale doesn't make a coherent movie under the best of circumstances, and these were, apparently, something substantially less than that.
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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. SueS.
    9
    This movie may not be believable, but it is more like a fairy tale in the horrible original sense. In addition to an interesting story, the acting is excellent as is the cinematograpy and music.… Full Review »
  2. PattyB.
    8
    Loved this movie. Beautiful camera work, and great performances by Bale and Hurt.
  3. [Anonymous]
    10
    GREAT!
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