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All the Little Animals
Lions Gate Films
MPAA RATING: R for some violence
Starring
John Hurt,
Christian Bale,
Daniel Benzali,
and
James Faulkner
Fleeing from his evil stepfather, a mentally challenged young man (Bale) escapes to the English countryside. In his travels, he befriends an eccentric old man (Hurt) who spends his days burying animals killed by speeding motorists.
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Walker Hamilton (novel)
Eski Thomas
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jeremy Thomas
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 19, 2003
Video: July 11, 2000
Theatrical: September 3, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
112 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Involvingly acted, surehandedly crafted.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Beautifully produced: a moving film with a fascinating story and exemplary acting.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The narrative kept me glued to my seat.

70
Newsweek
Andrea C. Basora
Thomas is supported in his first directorial endeavor by a truly spectacular cast.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense.

60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Would seem hokey if it didn't have powerful, extraordinary central performances and cinematography that lends the English landscape around Cornwall a mythical cast.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
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.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Hurt is slumming in an unchallenging role.

50
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
There's something plodding and uncomfortably strident about Little Animals that keeps the audience from sharing, much less understanding, Bobby's enchantment.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This moody film is ravishingly beautiful to look at -- but the story's fairy tale atmosphere doesn't entirely mesh with its psychological underpinnings.

50
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
The effort is earnest, but the plot turns more and more implausible.
50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Fantasy-style plot doesn't mesh easily with the unsettling psychological themes woven through it.

40
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Three leads do their best with simplistic characters.

40
Film.com
John Hartl
Simplistic on one level, indecipherable on another, it's a most peculiar muddle.

25
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A surprisingly nasty fable about a particularly silly, very English brand of animal-rights extremism.

23
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
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.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
P CLASS="usercomment">Patty B. gave it an8: Loved this movie. Beautiful camera work, and great performances by Bale and Hurt.
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