Animal Kingdom

1. Lisa24

   Jun 15, 2016

   10

   Great drama. Reminds me a lot of Sons of Anarchy. Ellen Barkin plays a strong, manipulative mother who leads her sons into a life of crime.Great drama. Reminds me a lot of Sons of Anarchy. Ellen Barkin plays a strong, manipulative mother who leads her sons into a life of crime. You know it has to be a great show if critic Maureen Ryan doesn't like it!… Expand

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2. flowercglez

   Jan 9, 2017

   10

   So many dynamics to this show. I expected a cheap imitation of Sons of Anarchy, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I am eagerly awaiting season 2,So many dynamics to this show. I expected a cheap imitation of Sons of Anarchy, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I am eagerly awaiting season 2, I want to see the already complex characters evolve.… Expand

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4. temq

   Aug 15, 2016

   10

   The show is great! The cast, the plot, the cinematography and the soundtrack are perfectly blended.
   And Ellen Barkin did a great job! LookingThe show is great! The cast, the plot, the cinematography and the soundtrack are perfectly blended.
   And Ellen Barkin did a great job! Looking forward to seeing season two!… Expand

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5. LamontRaymond

   Jul 17, 2016

   6

   The movie on which this series is based is one of my all-time favorite films, so it had a lot to live up to. But it's not doing a terribleThe movie on which this series is based is one of my all-time favorite films, so it had a lot to live up to. But it's not doing a terrible job. The new "Jay" is the most compelling actor of the bunch, and I think Scott Speedman is doing a serviceable job. Where this show gets crushed vis a vis the movie is the Pope character. That actor doesn't have the chops to get within striking distance of the performance Ben Mendelhsohn delivered in the movie. Also, Jackie Weaver was brilliance - Ellen Barkin is fine, but she's simply outclassed. So I'm definitely going to finish the season, but it's not what I was hoping for. Keep up the storylines! (Esp the C. Thomas Howell stuff - fun!)… Expand

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6. ROBOVJR

   Aug 3, 2016

   6

   I like the show and the premise set in southern California. But.......no way pint size Ellen Barkin controls and rules these guys the way sheI like the show and the premise set in southern California. But.......no way pint size Ellen Barkin controls and rules these guys the way she does. Like she's some mastermind of crime, and the brothers need her. These guys are smart and are already pulling off jobs behind her back Her hold on them is absolutely ridiculous!! With a little over 1 M viewers an episode this series is summer fun, a one season stand alone at best.… Expand

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7. BrooksFan

   Aug 3, 2016

   2

   When I saw a new show featuring the likes of Ellen Barkin and Scott Speedman, I immediately added it to my series playlist on my trusty DVR. IWhen I saw a new show featuring the likes of Ellen Barkin and Scott Speedman, I immediately added it to my series playlist on my trusty DVR. I let the first few episodes tape so I could binge watch it a little. I always hoped Speedman would get a chance at another strong television show, and I have had a crush on Ellen Barkin since I saw her in "Switch" and of course, "Sea of Love". Unfortunately, the show is trying to hard to be an alternate universe of Sons of Anarchy, with a white trash, purposeless group of crooks, who come across as about as far away from Family as one can get. It's not believable that any one of these characters would possess the basic social skills to interact as a close knit group, much less have any success at crime, especially something as discipline heavy as organized armed robbery or a long con. They drive around in new cars and spend money like water, which comes across as made up. bank robbery is a federal crime, and bank robbers don't last long once you're on the Feds radar. Set all of that aside, and still, it sucks. The writing is crap. I've seen Vampire diaries episode with more believable banter than what these Actors have to say. Whoever told Ellen Barkin, AKA "Smurf" (stupid, weird moniker) to walk up to 6 foot hoodlums and get in right in their face, has never interviewed a real criminal, much less been around any. Just poor acting in general. It's not totally bad, and I don't blame the actors, because there really isn't much going on besides an opportunity to have scene after scene of good looking actors mostly naked, doing drugs, having sex and partying. Unfortunately, Ellen looks pretty terrible, and it ruined my crush watching her trying to be sexy in this. It doesn't work. She's way to skinny in this show. The other long haired dudes are basically meatheads. Hopefully they are trying to act that way, for whatever reason. I get the feeling that someone told them to behave that way, and that they are trying their best, but it's not working. Scott Speedman is astute as ever, with perhaps the only decent timing of the group, but his hair looks like he just stepped out from under a 500.00 haircut stylists chair in every scene. That's not what I picture a rogue would look like. The short haired guy was in prison at Leavenworth but has almost zero tattoos. Really? No prison tats? Okay maybe. But he is cast wrong. Every thing about this show seems contrived and comes off boring and superficial, and just not believable. The women in this show besides Barkin look like they stepped out of Victorias Secret or Fast and Furious, but from the extras department, not the main characters. They come across as sterile and too perfect. I've met real criminals, and their women, and they don't look like that. Sons of Anarchy was much closer. There is a faded beauty, and perhaps a certain charisma, in a bad guy, and very few bad guys are as all bad as these guys are, especially to their families. If they are, they wind up in prison, or dead, and fast. The best ones are usually pretty lovable, until they break your neck and take all your stuff. The only one who embodies this in the least, is Speedman, but the haircut and the poor script kills it. Get a clue, TV Land. There would have been plenty of other ways to play, and tell, this story, and it certainly has potential, but that's about it.
   Too bad.… Expand

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8. anotheruser2018

   Apr 28, 2018

   0

   I just saw an add for Animal Kingdom. It is truly disturbing what is currently allowed to be televised. The ad just taught a newI just saw an add for Animal Kingdom. It is truly disturbing what is currently allowed to be televised. The ad just taught a new bullying/name calling word to the youth of America. No wonder our country is in the moral decline it is today. A suggestion is whoever is responsible for ads shown should be cognizant that an underage viewer, or an adult with any morals, may be offended. Let the individuals that decide to actually watch a program be subjected to the content, at least it’s their decision to watch it then.… Expand

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