American Animals Movie Review

Bart Laytons first narrative film is a 2003-set true-crime thriller starring Evan Peters Barry Keoghan Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson.

American animals movie review. Thu Sep 6. It addresses that thin line we all walk between right and. As the movie-movie heist becomes a reality Layton strips away the show-offness.

Bart Laytons movie tells a true story more or less with an emphasis on the stories that the characters tell themselves and the inevitable trouble that ensues. Its good to be smart but not too smart. Whilst the pacing can prove problematic at times persistence ultimately proves rewarding.

A scroll at the end of the film tells us one of the guys has aspirations to work in movies. The movie doesnt romanticize or judge them but it also shies away from the kind of objective naturalism that would challenge viewers to think about what this story might mean. Evan Peters Barry Keoghan Blake Jenner Jared Abrahamson Udo Kier Ann Dowd.

There are a few intriguing questions raised by American Animals a fact-based drama about the four college-age men who in 2004 attempted a misguided heist of rare books. The definitive site for reviews trailers showtimes and tickets. A Quasi-True Story Of An Audacious Art Heist By Ben Pearson June 1 2018 1000 am EDT This review originally ran during our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival.

One that shamelessly rewrites its truths in real time as it goes. Rotten tomatoes home of the tomatometer is the most trusted measurement of. Still American Animals is a high-style caper that touches a deeper chord of youthful indiscretion and moral imbalance.

In 2008 rotten tomatoes compiled a list called moldy tomatoes. You wont be able to stop talking about it. With good performances all around the film builds and builds until youre salivating for that final moment.