Animal Kingdom
17 year-old Joshua 'J' Cody navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
15 April 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
26 March 1981, Canada
3 April 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11 May 1977
26 October 1963, Australia
14 June 1977, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
16 August 1985, Australia
21 September 1977, Brisbane, Australia
1970, Australia
14 October 1999, London, England, UK
May 25, 2014
David Michôd's sensational directorial debut Animal Kingdom (2010) reinvigorated my faith that Australian cinema is capable of truly profound complexity.
September 10, 2010
The film establishes a menacing, unsparing mood that never wavers.
August 27, 2010
Writer-director David Michod creates a densely textured moral universe that makes good on his metaphoric title.
November 26, 2013
...the sort of movie that one admires more than one enjoys...
October 07, 2015
But honestly, the film is lame.
February 23, 2011
It's not unique, but as a distillation of a well-worn genre, it's admirable.
September 08, 2010
The naturalistic style Michod employs adds to the sense of dread. Is there no way out of this existence? To whom would it appeal?
April 28, 2015
Artful to a fault, straining so hard for Shakespearean import it saps whatever life and energy there was to be had in this familiar, low-stakes tale.
August 27, 2010
It's a remarkable film: gritty, gut-churning, thrillingly acted.
November 13, 2013
Seldom is a debut feature handled with such assurance and intelligence
September 03, 2010
Dark and mesmerizing.
