All the Little Animals
1998 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 6.1 · 58% critics
A vulnerable young man flees an abusive home after his stepfather’s cruelty toward his pets. On the road, he befriends a solitary older drifter who quietly buries animals killed by cars, and the two form an unlikely bond while trying to build a safer, kinder life together.
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1999-07-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (39 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like offbeat, emotional dramas that mix tenderness with unsettling moments and a slow-building sense of danger; Not for you if you want light viewing or neat realism, like The Good Neighbor.
Pros: touching odd-couple bond; strong performances; memorable villain | Cons: dark tonal shift; implausible plot turns; heavy-handed message
Themes
- knife
- cornwall, england
- elephant carving
- rabbit's foot
- pajamas
- ladybug
- brain damage
Cast & crew
John Hurt
as Mr. Summers
Christian Bale
as Bobby Platt
Daniel Benzali
as Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
James Faulkner
as Mr. Stuart Whiteside
- JO
John O'Toole
as Lorry Driver
- AB
Amanda Boyle
as Des
- AR
Amy Robbins
as Valerie Ann Platt, Bobby's Mother
- JH
John Higgins
as Dean
- KG
Kaye Griffiths
as Lepidopterist
- SD
Sevilla Delofski
as Janet, De Winter's Secretary
Directed by Jeremy Thomas