17 year-old Joshua 'J' Cody navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
21 September 1977, Brisbane, Australia
14 June 1977, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
25 May 1947, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 April 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22 February 1986, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
5 October 1967, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
14 October 1999, London, England, UK
1970, Australia
12 June 1965, Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
23 June 1974, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
October 07, 2015
But honestly, the film is lame.
September 08, 2010
The naturalistic style Michod employs adds to the sense of dread. Is there no way out of this existence? To whom would it appeal?
September 03, 2010
Dark and mesmerizing.
February 23, 2011
It's not unique, but as a distillation of a well-worn genre, it's admirable.
August 27, 2010
It's a remarkable film: gritty, gut-churning, thrillingly acted.
November 26, 2013
...the sort of movie that one admires more than one enjoys...
November 13, 2013
Seldom is a debut feature handled with such assurance and intelligence
May 25, 2014
David Michôd's sensational directorial debut Animal Kingdom (2010) reinvigorated my faith that Australian cinema is capable of truly profound complexity.
April 28, 2015
Artful to a fault, straining so hard for Shakespearean import it saps whatever life and energy there was to be had in this familiar, low-stakes tale.
September 10, 2010
The film establishes a menacing, unsparing mood that never wavers.
August 27, 2010
Writer-director David Michod creates a densely textured moral universe that makes good on his metaphoric title.
