Only the Animals

Name: Only the Animals
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 29, 2021
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Bastien Bouillon, Colin Niel, Damien Bonnard, Denis Menochet, Fred Ulysse

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: October 29, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bastien Bouillon, Colin Niel, Damien Bonnard, Denis Menochet, Fred Ulysse, Jenny Bellay, Laure Calamy, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Roland Plantin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Summary: Following the disappearance of glamorous housewife Evelyne Ducat (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) in the French highlands, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.

Director: Dominik Moll

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Oct 29, 2021

By and large, though, Only the Animals is an effectively convincing slow-burn thriller that marks the welcome return of Moll, who first made a splash with the wickedly entertaining thriller With a Friend Like Harry. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Oct 28, 2021

Only the Animals remains a highly satisfying and gripping thriller that, like the best of them, finds the time to properly contemplate the depths of its dominoes as they are arranged before the capricious hand of chance gleefully knocks them down, one by one. Read full review

Dave Calhoun

Oct 28, 2021

What unites the interlocking stories are their flashes of love and longing – often painfully, tragically unreturned. The film’s emotional side is well-handled, helped by strong performances across the board. But it’s the storytelling puzzle – the pile-up of different perspectives and gradual reveal of the facts – that makes it most worthwhile. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 28, 2021

Moll has given us this audacious, witty and absorbing mystery thriller, a tale of adultery and amour fou with a gamey touch of the macabre. Read full review

Mark Keizer

Oct 28, 2021

Ultimately, Moll’s film is a cautionary tale for the lonely among us, a reminder that one step away from idealizing romance lies the risk of becoming a fool for love, which just might get you killed. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Nov 3, 2021

Some might find the characters written with heavy cynicism. I’d rather see their desperate pursuits as poignant and comically human, even if the film’s tone is dark. These are lonely people seeking love. It’s not that complicated. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Oct 28, 2021

The multiple viewpoints are just a clever, self-satisfied device to deliver stale goods and familiar ugliness with a soupçon of glib class politics. Read full review

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