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Animals

5.6

Released August 02, 2019Runtime 1h 49min

Some friendships are wild at heart

Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Sarah Brocklehurst Productions

Closer Productions

Vico Films

Head Gear Films

Metrol Technology

Kreo Films

Production Countries

Australia

Ireland

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Videos

Cast

Holliday GraingerLaura

Alia ShawkatTyler

Fra FeeJim

Dermot MurphyMarty

Amy MolloyJean

Pat ShorttBill

Olwen FouéréMaureen

Kwaku FortuneJulian

Elva TrillKirsten

Anthony MorrisChicken Sandwich

Jamael WestmanLeo

Muiris CrowleyThe Avant Gardener

Tara Egan LangleyWedding Dress Shop Assistant

Ryan LincolnBar Man

Charlie MaherJake

Zeff LawlessBursary Benefactor at Awards Party

Crew

Anna HarrisonSecond Assistant Director

Julien BenoitonFirst Assistant Director

Christine DilworthScript Supervisor

Patricia DennehySecond Assistant Director

Stephen FullerThird Assistant Director

Sophie HydeDirector

Matthew CormackScript Editor

Angeli MacfarlaneScript Editor

Emma Jane UnsworthNovel

Emma Jane UnsworthScreenplay

John WallaceLine Producer

Tom HarberdAssociate Producer

David O'MaraLocation Manager

Elene PepperPost Production Producer

Elliot RossAssociate Producer

Fenella RossAssociate Producer

Johanna KarppinenAssociate Producer

Shaheen BaigCasting

Cormac FoxProducer

Sarah BrocklehurstProducer

Rebecca SummertonProducer

Deborah DavisProperty Buyer

Niamh BuckleyCostume Supervisor

Gosia ZurClapper Loader

Saileóg O'HalloranAssistant Costume Designer

Emma BortignonSound Designer

JJ SullivanFocus Puller

Tracy PhillpotMakeup Designer

J.B. WilliamsSound Recordist

Roman BugovskiySteadicam Operator

Chloe BourkeMakeup Artist

Adrian MedhurstSound Editor

Adrian MedhurstSound Re-Recording Mixer

Bernard WalshStill Photographer

Adrian MedhurstFoley Artist

Ida ErikssonHairstylist

Simon WalbrookSound Editor

Darragh ScottGaffer

Simon MurphyBoom Operator

Bryan MasonMusic Editor

Dean MurrayBoom Operator

Duncan CampbellFoley Editor

Pete SmithSound Re-Recording Mixer

Tracy PhillpotHair Designer

Zoë BarryOriginal Music Composer

Louise MathewsProduction Design

Renate HenschkeCostume Design

Bryan MasonDirector of Photography

Kate DeanMusic Supervisor

Jed PalmerOriginal Music Composer

Bryan MasonEditor

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Reviews

‘Animals’ would have been better served had it had the guts to go as dark as the source material, instead of teetering on the edge. Gritty but not too gritty, the film fails to decide which relationship is its focus, yet it still manages to engage you enough not to truely care while voyeuristically...

This starts off quite strongly with the dynamic between "Laura" (Holliday Grainger) and "Tyler" (Alia Shawkat) tight and nippy - if largely hedonistic and alcohol fuelled. Once a love interest develops between the pair though, and the latter's sister "Jean" (Amy Molloy) deliberately gets pregnant, ...