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The balance of power between man and animal is reversed. At the crossroads of fantastic genre and suspense, Les animaux anonymes proves to be radical: no dialogue, virtually no budget at all and an imagination that is as boundless as it is unusual. (Sitges Film Festival)
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Anonymous Animals is a cool idea for a fascinating bit of metaphorical bizarreness, but the result is rather comical. Most of the characters without masks are most likely the director’s friends, as they are incapable of even looking natural in front of the camera. Whenever a scene really gets going, it’s cut dead by a sharp cut. There’s not even a trace of suspense or a feeling of dread, or anything “horror” for that matter. Though the music is occasionally forceful, it’s all in the “intense” scenes, which just leave you staring in wonder. If the screenwriter had had the ambition for a feature film and if the plot had been developed into something more interesting, unpredictable and to the point, Anonymous Animals could have at least stood up as a functionally awkward flick with a certain complexity of vision.
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Three very reluctant stars. I was looking forward to Anonymous Animals since the first trailer and waited almost half a year for it. I tamed my expectations a bit once I saw the first reactions, but I still had faith. Now, however, fresh after watching it I think it's a huge shame to make such a great premise so uninteresting and artsy. The combo of France/exploitation/reverse idea is a damn good premise for a great horror movie, but here it just stayed with the idea unfortunately. Fortunately, the running time is 60 minutes, the film has pretty decent visuals, nice make-up effects and a perverse parable, but that's less than I expected. The film has no talking, no plot and no proper main character, so on the one hand there's not much to root for, and on the other, we don't really learn anything about the interestingly sketched world where animals rule over humans. The biggest drawback, however, is the lack of gore and torture, which the film was obviously touting, but it's very unsatisfying in that regard. I'm pissed that it turned out the way it did, but I'm rounding up three stars for the idea. Story 1/5, Action 2/5, Humor>No, Violence 1/5, Fun 3/5 Music 2/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 2/5, Originality 4/5. 5/10.
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