All the Little Animals
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: September 3, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Involvingly acted, surehandedly crafted. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Beautifully produced: a moving film with a fascinating story and exemplary acting. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The narrative kept me glued to my seat. Read full review
70
NewsweekAndrea C. Basora
Thomas is supported in his first directorial endeavor by a truly spectacular cast. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Would seem hokey if it didn't have powerful, extraordinary central performances and cinematography that lends the English landscape around Cornwall a mythical cast. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's a movie brimming with good intentions, solid production values and searing performances. However, it never quite clicks into place with any real satisfaction. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Hurt is slumming in an unchallenging role. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
There's something plodding and uncomfortably strident about Little Animals that keeps the audience from sharing, much less understanding, Bobby's enchantment. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This moody film is ravishingly beautiful to look at -- but the story's fairy tale atmosphere doesn't entirely mesh with its psychological underpinnings. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
The effort is earnest, but the plot turns more and more implausible.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Fantasy-style plot doesn't mesh easily with the unsettling psychological themes woven through it. Read full review
40
Film.comJohn Hartl
Simplistic on one level, indecipherable on another, it's a most peculiar muddle. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Three leads do their best with simplistic characters. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A surprisingly nasty fable about a particularly silly, very English brand of animal-rights extremism. Read full review
23
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Hamilton's quasi-Luddite tale doesn't make a coherent movie under the best of circumstances, and these were, apparently, something substantially less than that.
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