Movie #383 "Animal Kingdom" -- here's the second one in a row that I would rate a 4.5, but for so many other reasons. Okay, this is one truly violent film, so it's not for the squeamish. I can truly say that I haven't really seen a movie like this. It concerns a young boy who finds he must live with his uncles, who happen to be robbers. Now, you don't see any of the robbing, but you see them living under constant fear that someone is after them --- whether it's the police or who knows who. Anyway, once a cop (Guy Pearce) introduces himself to the young boy, the relatives start to think the boy is talking TO the cops about them, and they treat him differently. I won't say any more, but the end was a shocker to me. And the Grandma (who was up for a Golden Globe the other night) is about as feisty as the Melissa leo character in "The Fighter" (who won) but oh so nastier --- So, if you want to see a very different movie on the crime genre, this might be interesting to you. It was to me. But I don't want to see it ever again.
4.5
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom: A Crime Story
(2010) R
When his mother dies suddenly, a 17-year-old boy (James Frecheville) finds himself drawn into the clutches of a diabolical criminal family, until a good-hearted detective (Guy Pearce) makes a concerted effort to change the boy's fate. Australian writer-director David Michôd's first feature-length drama won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Genre: Crime Dramas, Australia/ New Zealand
This movie is: Cerebral, Gritty
Format: DVD and Blu-ray
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