Animals

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Animals

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Oct 2026

1h 46m

Mystery & Thriller

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When their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife find themselves drawn into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they're forced to make choices that could tear their world apart.

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Despite all the makings of an enticing story, including a compelling Kerry Washington, Animals’ weak writing prevents it from reaching its full potential.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Oct 15, 2026

2/4

Animals is indeed a curious beast, a familiar thriller that poorly cribs from the classic Kurosawa film “High and Low” and feels stuck in its larval stage.

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

Oct 15, 2026

3/5

A mixed bag. It’s far from Affleck’s best work, but there are glimmers of his muscularity and sharpness, as both filmmaker and actor.

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Ryan Lattanzio

IndieWire

Oct 10, 2026

C-

For every piece of drone footage sweeping across LA, every shot that carves out about two feet of space between actors with no sizzle, I kept wishing for more Gillian Anderson, more Gillian Anderson, please.

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Maxance Vincent

Cosmic Circus

21 hrs ago

1.5/5

How the mighty have fallen...

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Michael Medved

The Michael Medved Show

1 day ago

2/4

An acclaimed filmmaker and star wasting his gifts on an often painfully plotting potboiler that only intermittently grabs your attention.

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Andrew Auger

Pop Culture Leftovers

4 days ago

Animals is a truly shocking misfire. Affleck’s skills as a filmmaker have been proven time and time again, so I genuinely have no idea how this happened.

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Vin B

@VinBak123 4 hrs ago

Cool movie.

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Taiqan T

@RT76430839 7 hrs ago

Unrealistic movie based on a James Hadley Chase book I read 50 years ago. A detour to the original book was inserted when the psychologist wife has an affair because she is struggling with the marriage. She gets caught and says sorry and they live happily ever after. Firstly, no woman will apologise for an affair just after being caught like that and secondly, no man will forgive a betrayal like that. You would think a female wrote this unrealistic crap from all the Mills and Boons novels they read over the years but nah, it's 3 men, one of them Affleck who wrote the screenplay.

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marcial M

@RT91657116 16 hrs ago

Lame . Worst movie by Affleck.totally unbelievable. Can't get back 2 wasted hours of my life

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Mark F

@mfeistmd 1 day ago

Enjoyed the movie. The secrets slowly come out and the dilemma of how to handle the situation made you think.

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Claudia T

@Trudel 1 day ago

What a waste of talent… terrible acting, plot was just plan goofy… Ben your better than this!!

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luis P

@RT48160965 1 day ago

Mala es muy plana y demasiado lenta

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Synopsis

When their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife find themselves drawn into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they're forced to make choices that could tear their world apart.

Director: Ben Affleck
Producer: Brad Weston, Collin Creighton, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Dani Bernfeld, Luciana Damon
Screenwriter: Connor O. McIntyre, Billy Ray, Ben Affleck
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Artists Equity, Fifth Season
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 9, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2026
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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