
Holliday Grainger
Laura
Alia Shawkat
Tyler
Fra Fee
Jim
Dermot Murphy
Marty
Amy Molloy
Jean
Pat Shortt
Bill
Olwen Fouéré
Maureen
Kwaku Fortune
Julian
Elva Trill
Kirsten
Anthony Morris
Chicken Sandwich
Jamael Westman
Leo
Muiris Crowley
The Avant Gardener
Tara Egan Langley
Wedding Dress Shop Assistant
Ryan Lincoln
Bar Man
Charlie Maher
Jake
Zeff Lawless
Bursary Benefactor at Awards Party


Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #dublin, ireland
- #female friendship
- #woman director
Reviews

This starts off quite strongly with the dynamic between "Laura" (Holliday Grainger) and "Tyler" (Alia Shawkat) tight and nippy - if largely hedonistic and alcohol fuelled. Once a love interest develops between the pair though, and the latter's sister "Jean" (Amy Molloy) deliberately gets pregnant, the body clocks start ticking and the pace of the film slows to that of a glacier as the sharpness of

‘Animals’ would have been better served had it had the guts to go as dark as the source material, instead of teetering on the edge. Gritty but not too gritty, the film fails to decide which relationship is its focus, yet it still manages to engage you enough not to truely care while voyeuristically observing this modern right of passage of identity, resilience and the hard choices we have to make.












