American Animals Reviews

Movie Reviews

• wildly entertaining true-crime thriller; In "American Animals," Layton brings that same preoccupation to a (mostly) narrative form for the first time, and the results are sensational

  by Guy Lodge [Variety ]

• for all its mode-bending gamesmanship, American Animals is ultimately a fairly straightforward heist movie, albeit a stylish and engaging one

  Review rate : B by A.A. Dowd [AV Club ]

• a thriller that works too hard to sell its structure, and not hard enough to justify its story

  Review rate : C+ by David Ehrlich [Indiewire ]

• a crackerjack real-life heist thriller; One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st century annals is recounted in dazzling fashion in "American Animals"

  by Todd McCarthy [The Hollywood Reporter ]

Reader's Reviews

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