The Animal
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 1, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Mild gross-out comedy integrates a non sequitur -- a running joke made by a sidekick -- into the plot, providing some payoff. Read full review
70
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Genial rather than an affront to good taste. It's also pretty darn funny. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
An outrageous and imaginative summer comedy. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Transcendently dumb but very funny comedy. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Isn't quite up to the comic standard of Rob Schneider's 1999 hit "Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo." Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The movie's selling point is Schneider acting goofy, chewing on worms, making goo-goo eyes at a she-goat and licking his private parts. Read full review
63
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Schneider, with his cherub curls and scrawny physique, adopts a pussycat persona that engenders goodwill. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
A perfectly decent second-banana, Rob Schneider, has been over-optimistically elevated to the top of the bunch. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Has amusing bits of social satire, but they're crowded out of the stable by lots of bathroom and barnyard humor. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
If The Animal -- co-written by Schneider and Tom Brady -- never quite gets fired up, at least it chugs along efficiently on its mildly inspired ridiculousness. Read full review
20
Film.comMary Brennan
It's just not funny. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeLarry Worth
Through it all, Rob Schneider comes off as a jackass in The Animal.
10
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Reeks like something produced from a squatting position. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Hardly a comic masterpiece -- the jokes are awfully broad and obvious -- but I couldn't help feeling relieved at the film's absence of malice. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
The Animal is tailor-made for last-resort Friday-night rentals. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
A sweethearted trifle. Read full review
40
Washington PostMegan Rosenfeld
Let's face it, some people find butt and bathroom comedy funny. And some don't. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
A film you can dump your kids off at the mall to see in order to get peace and quiet for an hour and a half. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Judging by the audience reaction -- there is apparently something funny about the idea of a man trying to hump a goat in heat. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
While a good deal funnier than ''Deuce Bigelow,'' is still destined to get branded, if not condemned, as ''dumb.'' Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
If this adds up to a full-fledged feature film, I'm a monkey's uncle.
40
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
The worst thing about The Animal -- is how frequently it becomes boring. Read full review
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