American Animals

Movie Ranked #630 | 2018 - Crime, Drama
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
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Best two reviews:
1) Variety - This is unabashedly virtuoso, show-off filmmaking, as cocky as the misguided young men at the film’s center, who, at least for a period, saw their lives as a Hollywood romp in itself. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >
2) The Hollywood Reporter - Both as a writer and director, Layton delivers the dramatic goods here with the skill of a pro at the top of his game while adding the rueful perspective of time's reassessment of youthful indiscretions; this has to rate among the most accomplished and fully realized big-screen debuts of recent times. (Rating: 90) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
7) IndieWire - American Animals is fiercely entertaining from start to finish, even when its characters are acting so dumb that you start to suspect they still have some more evolving to do. (Rating: 58) Read Full Review >
8) The Playlist - All four actors are perfectly fine here, but the set-up is predictably conventional. (Rating: 50) Read Full Review >
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