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  • 1999
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary 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.

Directed By: Jeremy Thomas

Written By: Eski Thomas, Walker Hamilton

  • 1999
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 52 m

All the Little Animals

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
51
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
3.7
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Summary 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.

Directed By: Jeremy Thomas

Written By: Eski Thomas, Walker Hamilton

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
51
35% Positive
6 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
51
35% Positive
6 Reviews
53% Mixed
9 Reviews
12% Negative
2 Reviews

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75
Beautifully produced: a moving film with a fascinating story and exemplary acting.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
70
Thomas is supported in his first directorial endeavor by a truly spectacular cast.
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67
Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
50
Fantasy-style plot doesn't mesh easily with the unsettling psychological themes woven through it.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
There's something plodding and uncomfortably strident about Little Animals that keeps the audience from sharing, much less understanding, Bobby's enchantment.
By Gene Seymour FULL REVIEW
40
Three leads do their best with simplistic characters.
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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.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
3.7
40% Positive
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60% Negative
6 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
3.7
40% Positive
4 Ratings
0% Mixed
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60% Negative
6 Ratings

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Production Company Recorded Picture Company (RPC), BBC Film, British Screen Productions, Entertainment Film Distributors, Isle of Man Film Commission, J&M Entertainment
Release Date Sep 3, 1999
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Of All the Animals, The Cruelest is Man.
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Dinard British Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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