‘American Animals’ MOVIE REVIEW: An Entertaining, Well-Crafted Heist Movie-Doco Combo
Heist film and documentary are balanced to highly entertaining results here.
Heist film and documentary are balanced to highly entertaining results here.
Despite occasionally dragging, this is a bold piece of cinema with a strong lead performance by Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole.
The work of a dying man; a gift to the nation he loved dearly and hated in equal measure. It is perfect.
There’s always the nagging feeling that it could be trying harder.
Sam Worthington plays an FBI profiler who helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber.
Outstanding performances, a compelling screenplay and inspired direction make for an authentic, thoroughly engrossing piece of cinema.
Chastain is great and Sorkin’s direction is notable, but painting this character in a favourable light isn’t the way to go.
Modest and unassuming, a simple film told in a compelling way with good performances and smart writing.
A refreshingly honest and humorous portrayal of a man on a mission to create something beautiful.
It may tell its story in fairly familiar fashion, but Teller & Brolin deliver and that last-act gut punch still lands.