Big Animal

Name: Big Animal
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 20, 2004
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 73

2004

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Milestone Film & Video | Release Date: February 20, 2004 | Unrated

Summary: A lovely, small film that exposes greed and pettiness while celebrating the most beautiful human themes: love, friendship and tolerance. (Milestone Films)

Director: Jerzy Stuhr

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 73 min

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V.A. Musetto

Working from an unfinished script by the late, great Krzysztof Kieslowski, Stuhr directs in a laid-back, deadpan style that, at times, recalls Fellini. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Audiences for this film should have no such qualms: When the camel lolls his jaws at dinnertime, or sways his Bactrian bulk, you may decide you've never seen anything quite so hilarious -- or magnificent. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

A rueful yet gentle fable about the price of individuality and the value of dignity that preserves the intellectually stimulating spirit of Kieslowski's best work while tapping into a universally understandable vein of low-keyed absurdist comedy. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

An actor-turned-director, Stuhr appeared in many of Kieslowski's films and their partnership and friendship produced some stunning work. The Big Animal memorializes a complex man and his deceptively simple work, by a friend and colleague in a fitting tribute. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Gathers a sort of darkness as it comes to its oblique conclusion. Read full review

Roger Ebert

It is whimsical, bittersweet, wise in a minor key. Read full review

Ruthe Stein

Doesn't have much to say.

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DesireeS.

Sep 11, 2006

this movie was very inspiring and clearly depicts the culture we are living in.

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88	#88 Best Movie of 2004

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