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Animal Factory
2000
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4.2
Dafoe makes Earl a tough nut sociopath with an oxymoronic streak of restraint.
EW
1.5
Prod Co: Phoenician Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Arts Production Corp. Intl Sales: Franchise Pictures.
Screen Daily
4.0
A sober drama set in a maximum security prison where a middle aged King of the Yard mentors an inexperienced middle class young man.
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
One has to admire Buscemis film not only for its achievement, which is considerable, but also for the traps it gingerly avoids, which were equally gre ..
One Guys Opinion
3.2
The prison atmosphere of constant danger was fully captured, as the film had a gritty, realistic look.
Sover
3.8
Gets much of its power from Willem Dafoes potent portrayal of Copen.
Cs Monitor
1.5
Perhaps at 95 minutes, the film is just too short to do justice to all these matters, and maybe one needs to read the Edward Bunker novel to fill in t ..
Film Journal International ..
4.0
Where Darabonts drama is an overlong 142 minutes, Buscemis is a just right 94, and where Shawshank is predictable, Animal Factory surprises.
Internet Reviews
1.5
You come away with the sense that you should have come to care (or at least to know) more about its central characters than you do.
Salon
4.0
Masterfully handled by Buscemi, who prepared by directing an episode of gritty US TV prison drama Oz, Animal Factory is a brave successor to the indie ..
Bbc
2.5
For example, a great sight gag involving Alexs boyfriends (Matt LeBlanc) bullet riddled trailer home thats just outlandish enough is ruined by a needl ..
Mr Brown Movies
4.5
Animal Factory shows in unflinching scenes of stabbings, race riots, drug use, attempted rape, and constantly boiling chaotic violence, how hardened c ..
Coles Mithey
3.0
What it does lack is a performance by Furlong thats the equal of Dafoes.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.0
Prison flick from ex con screenwriter is raw and realistic, with powerful acting.
Net Flix
4.5
How can anybody fault this movie for its acting So many excellently on the nose performances.
Father Son Holy Gore
3.5
We may have seen this type of Animal before, but Furlong and Dafoes work and Buscemis honest, caring touch with these fringe dwellers make it seem fre ..
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