Animal Kingdom | reviewed by: Kyle Coleman | August 26, 2011
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Great performances all around and nice mixture of action scenes & slower character scenes. Eerily dramatic score creates perfect atmosphere.
| genre | Crime | Drama | Thriller |
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| synopsis | Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf (JACKI WEAVER), mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But , as he soon discovers, this world is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down. |
| lead actors | Ben Mendelsohn | Joel Edgerton | Guy Pearce | Luke Ford | Jacki Weaver |
| director | David Michôd |