Animal Factory
Silver Nitrate | Release Date: October 13, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Tender, poignant, and homoerotically charged, this complicated father-son relationship is brought to life by two brilliant actors and a director who's canny enough to give them all the room they need. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
One of the least sensationalistic--and therefore, more unsettlingly plausible--visions of prison life ever transfigured into big-screen drama. Read full review
75
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A wonderfully acted, strangely low-key prison movie.
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Buscemi's directing blends hard-hitting visual qualities with great emotional energy. Read full review
75
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A genre-busting film that deserves to be seen.
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Willem Dafoe steals the picture with his comic timing. Read full review
70
Film.comErnest Hardy
It's a guy's film that doesn't just revel in testosterone, though -- it has a more purposeful agenda. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (not credited)
In one of his best leading screen turns, Dafoe makes a potentially unlikely construct into a fascinating, full-blooded figure. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
What enrich the film are its layers of detail -- moronic racial protocols, turf wars, pecking orders, men as livestock -- the authenticity of the dialogue and the rich range of characters. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
There's something surprisingly sweet at the center of this grim prison drama. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
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. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
(Rourke's) nearly unrecognizable presence is characteristic of the odd pockets of talent (and, sometimes, lint) in Steve Buscemi's film. Read full review
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