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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Bobbie (Kim Shaw) and Jude (David Dastmalchian) are a young couple living in their broken-down car parked alongside Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Their days are a continuous ritual of theft and scoring until they must confront the difficult truth of their relationship after one of them is hospitalized.

Directed By: Collin Schiffli

Written By: David Dastmalchian

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m

Animals

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Bobbie (Kim Shaw) and Jude (David Dastmalchian) are a young couple living in their broken-down car parked alongside Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Their days are a continuous ritual of theft and scoring until they must confront the difficult truth of their relationship after one of them is hospitalized.

Directed By: Collin Schiffli

Written By: David Dastmalchian

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100
May 21, 2015
Animals is a stark, brilliant, uncompromising, beautifully acted piece of work that deserves to be mentioned with “Panic in Needle Park” and “Requiem for a Dream” as a cautionary tale about drug addiction that doesn’t glamorize but also steers clear of proselytizing.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
80
May 14, 2015
It's gritty and grim, but Animals is also a gripping portrait of young junkies in love.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
May 15, 2015
There are a couple of things that make Animals effective, the main one being the performances of the two leads and the symbiotic relationship they create.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
70
May 14, 2015
Animals may be the kind of story we've seen, but it's told in a way that makes it worth seeing again.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 28, 2015
Grimy and sad but not sensationalistic, the debut feature is like Drugstore Cowboy drained of its hipness and sex appeal.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
May 13, 2015
Searching for originality in an addiction narrative like Animals is a problem, because these stories of decline and degradation tend to sound the same. So the limited time frame is the film’s strongest asset, because it’s only paying attention to the final hours.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
50
May 11, 2015
It sticks firmly to a Kerouac-lite immersion into young love rather than a more provocative portrait of the hazards inherent to modern urban life.
By Carson Lund FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 15, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://animalsthefilm.com/
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Awards

Midwest Independent Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
Flagler Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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