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Animal Kingdom
Director: David Michôd
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, James Frecheville, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Dan Whyllie, Anthony Hayes, Laura Wheelwright
Duration: 112 mins
Rating: MA15+ - Strong violence, drug use and coarse language
Release Date: 3 June, 2010
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, James Frecheville, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Dan Whyllie, Anthony Hayes, Laura Wheelwright
Duration: 112 mins
Rating: MA15+ - Strong violence, drug use and coarse language
Release Date: 3 June, 2010
WINNER - GRAND JURY PRIZE - WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
2010 Sundance Film Festival
Welcome to the jungle known as the Melbourne underworld.
Pope Cody (Ben Mendelsohn), an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by his roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope’s nephew, Joshua "J" Cody (James Frecheville), arrives and moves in with his hitherto-estranged relatives. When tensions between the family and the police reach a bloody peak, "J" comes to realise that he must somehow choose where he fits in...
Wielding a formidable cinematic lexicon, debut writer/director David Michôd shows complete command of every frame as he shifts between simmering intensity and gut-wrenching drama in this gripping tale of survival and revenge.
Now Showing at Palace Barracks, Palace Centro, Kino Cinemas
"4.5 stars. Most auspicious... a suspenseful, enthralling study of the disintegration of a family of criminals. All the performances are superb. ANIMAL KINGDOM confirms that Michod is an important new talent. Restores my faith in film. This is what cinema is all about. This kind of really good film."
David Stratton, AT THE MOVIES
"4.5 stars. I really loved it and I'm not a person that embraces this sort of story. I'm not into the underbelly of our cities so much but I just loved the world that was presented here and how it was presented."
Margaret Pomeranz, AT THE MOVIES
"A rare film. Many films have taken us inside crime families. This one does it in a way that makes you ache for innocence corrupted... It's a tragedy we watch unfold, and while the suspense had me on the edge of my seat, the sorrow and the pity of a young man whose moral choices are closing down one by one is what stayed with me. All performances are excellent, with Ben Ben Mendelsohn scarily convincing as the sociopathic Pope; and Jacki Weaver crafting the performance of her career as Smurf."
Julie Rigg, ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Julie Rigg, ABC RADIO NATIONAL
"Stunning. Compelling. A film that has to be seen"
Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"A brooding, operatic crime story... Immaculate"
Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"A brooding, operatic crime story... Immaculate"
Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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