American Animals
2018 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.7 · 78% critics
In 2004 Lexington, Kentucky, four young men set out to pull off a daring art heist. Told through a mix of reenactments and interviews, the story follows their motivations, the planning, and the tense aftermath.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-06-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (1,209 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy American Animals if you want a tense, unconventional true-crime heist that blends reenactments and interviews; Not for you if you prefer a straightforward, purely fictional heist movie like Heist or a more conventional doc approach such as The Imposter.
Pros: true-crime style; intense tension; inventive blend | Cons: slow pacing; some unlikable leads; documentary reenactment blend
Themes
- new york city
- art collector
- library
- pennsylvania, usa
- artist
- kentucky
- final exam
- arrest
- based on true story
- heist
- travel
- university
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Evan Peters
as Warren Lipka
Barry Keoghan
as Spencer Reinhard
Blake Jenner
as Chas Allen
Jared Abrahamson
as Eric Borsuk
Ann Dowd
as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Gary Basaraba
as Warren Lipka Senior
Udo Kier
as Mr. Van Der Hoek
Wayne Duvall
as Bill Welton
Whitney Goin
as Mrs. Allen
Lara Grice
as Mrs. Lipka
Directed by Bart Layton