American Animals (2018) (original) (raw)

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. (less)

Director: Bart Layton
Writer: Bart Layton
Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Jared Abrahamson
Producers: Katherine Butler, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski, Poppy Dixon, Dimitri Doganis

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, June 6, 2018

5 / 10

Writer/director Bart Layton made an industry splash with 2012�s �The Imposter,� saucing up documentary formula by adding some sense of theatricality to the work, blurring the line between information and performance. He�s back with �American Animals,� which is a similar endeavor, only here the emphasis is on drama, putting actors partially in charge of recreating a true crime event that occurred nearly 15 years ago in Kentucky. While Layton�s already made other film and TV projects, he seems intent on proving his cinematic chops this time around, keeping �American Animals� steeped in style and ...read more...

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