Animal Kingdom (2010)

R06/03/2010Crime, Drama1h 53m
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A crime story

Overview

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ben Mendelsohn

    Andrew 'Pope' Cody

  2. Cast 1

    Joel Edgerton

    Barry 'Baz' Brown

  3. Cast 1

    Guy Pearce

    Nathan Leckie

  4. Cast 1

    Luke Ford

    Darren Cody

  5. Cast 1

    Jacki Weaver

    Janine 'Smurf' Cody

  6. Cast 1

    Sullivan Stapleton

    Craig Cody

  7. Cast 1

    James Frecheville

    Joshua 'J' Cody

  8. Cast 1

    Dan Wyllie

    Ezra White

  9. Cast 1

    Anthony Hayes

    Detective Justin Norris

**A brutal film, where there are no nice people or good guys, but which tells us a good story, in a convincing and credible way.** I expected more from this film. It's good, it has an interesting history, but it's lukewarm and uncomfortable, and there's not much to arouse our sympathy. I've seen a lot of films, I'm not sure if this was the first Australian film I saw, but it was certainly the first Australian film that I knew was Australian at the time I was watching it. Inspired by a real-life situation, the film creates a story in which the police seek to capture the members of a family w...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$5,000,000.00

Revenue $1,000,000.00

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