Animal Behaviour (2018)

06/04/2018Comedy, Animation14m
  • User
    Score

It's not always easy to deal with what comes naturally.

Overview

Five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist. The group includes Lorraine, a leech who suffers from separation anxiety; Cheryl, a praying mantis who can’t seem to keep a man; Todd, a pig with an eating disorder; Jeffrey, a bird with guilt issues; and Linda, an obsessive-compulsive cat.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ryan Beil

    Dr. Clement (voice)

  2. Taz Van Rassel

    Victor (voice)

  3. Leah Juel

    Lorraine (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Andrea Libman

    Cheryl (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    James Kirk

    Jeffrey (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Alison Snowden

    Linda (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Toby Berner

    Todd (voice)

Ok, so this does rather play to stereotype as it imbues half a dozen critters with issues more readily attributed to human beings. Sitting in a circle, they talk politely to “Dr. Clement” about their problems and then an ape arrives in the room and the writing steps up a gear into something I found quite funny. It’s about suppressing, or not, our instinctual behaviour and/or always trying to intellectualise what is innate - like a dog fetching a bone, and I found the scenario engagingly peppered with in-your-face irony. The style of the animation is a little linear, but once the story livens u...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue -

keywords