We the Animals

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2018

1h 34m

English

Drama

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Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.

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We the Animals

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2018

1h 34m

English

Drama

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Cast

Jonah

Paps

Joel

Manny

Dustin

Dustin’s Grandpa

Woman in Van

Clerk

Directed By: Jeremiah Zagar

Written By: Jeremiah Zagar, Daniel Kitrosser

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faithful soul says...

5 years ago

Coming of ager is similar in style to The Florida Project but it contains themes that surface below the obvious. It's a good film, and has fine, naturalistic performances from the three leads.

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Granola says...

6 years ago

I think one of the main reasons I didn't particularly enjoy this movie was that, in my country, it was branded as the "new Moonlight". And it definitely isn't. I was floored by how different those two movies were (and I blame homophobia a little for making people thinks those two movies are completely alike). However, it is a very interesting movie, though probably not made for me. I graded it a 6 because I didn't truly enjoy it but in no way does it mean that it's a bad movie. Another person made a very good comment so I won't elaborate more.

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Bertaut says...

2 years ago

A poignant and poetic evocation of childhood Less concerned with narrative beats and character arcs than with tone and impressionistic visual poetry, the film operates in a similar magical realist key as Benh Zeitlin's masterful Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), whilst also calling to mind the Texas scenes of Terrence Malick's opus The Tree of Life (2011), especially in the whispery pronouncements of the voiceover narration. Mixing nostalgia, idealism, recrimination, anger, personal freedom, and the constant conflict between optimism and experience into a potent whole, whilst the narrative could be accused of being a little insubstantial, We the Animals is an effective and poignant evocation of the modulations of childhood. For my complete review, please visit: https://boxd.it/JU4wx

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smallclone

8/10 6 years ago

It's pretty incredible that this is Director Jeremiah Zagar's first feature, which he also co wrote. The movie is based on a novel and focuses on Jonah the youngest of three brothers growing up in a volatile family environment. We follow Jonah's escapism into magical realism as he tries More

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Stephen Campbell

5 years ago

**_A poignant and poetic evocation of childhood_**

> _We were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful - little animals, clawing at what we needed._

- Justin Torres; _We the Animals_ (2011)

A remarkably contained and intimate story featuring only five main cast members and around More

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