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American Animals
Based on true events that happened in 2003 in Lexington, Kentucky, the movie recounts the story of two friends Spencer Reinhard and Warren Lipka who made one of the most famous thefts, they stole a collection of rare books including an extremely valuable edition of John James Audubon's The Birds of America.
11 August 1971, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 October 1944, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
16 March 1959, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
August 09, 2018
Maybe they were just spoilt kids with a false sense of grandeur... Whatever it was, it made for a great and almost comical story, and Layton brings it home.
July 26, 2018
American Animals doesn't need an "easy out" to explain its characters' poor decisions. The propulsive energy of the movie, once it starts to take shape, mirrors the inevitability of them seeing their bad idea all the way through.
June 08, 2018
A narrative drama wherein beats the heart of a documentary.
July 12, 2018
There's something troubling about American Animals, but I think deliberately so. It sticks in your craw.
August 14, 2018
Look out 2018, here's the bar.
July 24, 2018
[VIDEO ESSAY] Bart Layton adds a meaty layer of social realism to the film. Get out your knife and fork; this is one movie you can really sink your teeth into.
June 21, 2018
[The kids'] meticulous preparations begin with typing "how to plan a heist" into Google and continue with watching every heist film ever made, though they manage to overlook the primary lesson of all such films-that something always goes wrong.
July 28, 2018
Though it's mostly doing the expected thing, American Animals does it with great energy.
June 07, 2018
"American Animals" is fascinating, funny and, in the end, deep.
June 21, 2018
It hits the usual genre beats, and plays a predictable rock soundtrack as it lurches between comedy and drama, but neither the story nor the characters really mesh.
June 22, 2018
"American Animals" is one of the year's smartest, most captivating films, and Layton stages it with the precision of a perfect crime.
June 13, 2018
Takes a mild curiosity from a long-ago news cycle and elevates it into something singularly fascinating.