2018 · drama · coming-of-age
We the Animals
Directed by Jeremiah Zagar1h 33m2018
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah, the youngest, embraces an imagined world all his own.
Our read: We the Animals (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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