Los Animales Anónimos

Don't let the imbecilic 1 star reviews put you off. This movie deserves more attention than the safe and meaningless drivel getting 90 % ratings across the board recently (i.e. Power of the dog, the french dispatch)

Kudos to these filmmakers for making a movie that matters.

I have mixed feelings about this movie, a lot of disjointed moments that were quite annoying at the start, ruining the momentum in several scenes. However, towards the end, this style was suitable and efficient. The cinematography and colour grading were solid, making it enduring to watch. In terms of having no dialogue in the film, it is understandable, but I think it could have been a more effective result if there was some form of it. An interesting concept, and a powerful message, but I believe the structure was all over the place, damaging the movie overall.

I get the concept of the movie. It feels like something PETA members would get off on. The role reversal idea would make a entertaining film, but it is was very poorly executed. I will say the cinema-photographer did their job because that's probably the only thing I'll say was done well.

Seriously, great cinematography and mind blistering shock value. For the most part... It's simply a played out narrative and it's an exhaustive piece of dribble. The last 10 minutes of the spectacle was grand, but it simply does not make up for the lack of depth and weight. The movie was an empty shell with no true direction. It starts and ends nowhere and of nothing.

Anyone who has seen THE FARM, back in 2018, will think that this one is inspired from it. But beware, the story itself is not the same, only some so unusual elements makes you think about this link. The main matter is that those two quite different stories create some kind of analysis of the human - animal link (See title above). This one is without dialogues, it's not the first one, but it is still efficient. The cast is not great, though, look at the faces of the captives, when they arrive at the farm, they don't look scared at all, they seem to arrive at a museum for a visit, or for a new apartment to rent with the real estate agent.... Even after, they dont look so scared. Not enough, at least for my point of view. It is a flaw that could have easily been avoided. The overall scheme - human captive of a maniac - has already been told thousands of times since the late sixties and the Herschell Gordon Lewis' films, but that doesn't remove anything from this one, very inventive, and so typical of a French horror film as I crave for. One more thing, there is no blood in this movie, not gory sequence; and what for after all?