Movie

Animals

2022 · 91 min

A suffocating, slow descent into dread, anchored by a raw lead performance and an unflinching gaze at hate and its aftermath.

Overview: Brahim is a young man, and secretly gay. At his mother’s birthday party, tensions around his unaccepted sexuality become unbearable. Brahim flees the oppressive family home into the night, where a terrible encounter awaits...
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, isolation, violence, trauma
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
violence
trauma
family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild