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Release Date:	August 13, 2010 (Limited)
On DVD:	January 18, 2011
Genre:	Drama, Crime
Director:	David Michod
Writer:	David Michod
Cast:	Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton, James Frecheville
Studio:	Sony Pictures Classics
Official site:	animalkingdommovie.com
Running Time:	112 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language

Welcome to the Melbourne underworld. Following the death of his mother, seventeen year–old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) moves in with his hitherto–estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons – the Cody boys. Eldest son and armed robber, Andrew 'Pope' Cody (Ben Mendelsohn) is in hiding from a gang of renegade detectives. Middle brother Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) is a successful but...

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Review by Nathan Samdahl (B)

Animal Kingdom is the gritty and violent debut feature from talented writer/director David Michod. Set in the dangerous Melbourne underworld, Animal Kingdom revolves around a young man thrust into a family of crime and the severe consequences that result. Michod has crafted a near great yet slightly flawed film.

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