We the Animals
The Orchard | Release Date: August 17, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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60
The GuardianCath ClarkeJun 18, 2019
It is a thing of beauty: too beautiful perhaps, running a real danger of prettifying poverty. Read full review
60
TheWrapDan CallahanAug 16, 2018
This movie version sometimes feels evasive or incomplete, partly because you can describe some things in a book that you cannot show on a screen, but it is in most ways an admirable adaptation that does look and sound like memories of a particular childhood. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaAug 15, 2018
Unlike Sean Baker, who grounded his "Florida Project" in a firm but never condescending viewpoint on the milieu, Zagar seems to lack a coherent directorial perspective on Torres’ story; he mistakes vérité-style handheld and frequent close-ups (mostly captured with wide-angle lenses) for genuine intimacy and engagement. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAug 24, 2018
The movie is all nuance and it continually wafts away into artiness. Read full review
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