Parents' Guide to Animal

Movie NR 2023 204 minutes
Animal movie poster: Ranbir Kapoor, as Ranvijay Singh, smoking a cigarette.

Common Sense Media Review

Sakhi Thirani By Sakhi Thirani , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 16+

Toxic Indian action drama is violent, gory, misogynistic.

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Parent and Kid Reviews

age 16+

Based on 15 parent reviews

age 12+

Based on 1 kid review

What's the Story?

ANIMAL follows Ranvijay Singh (Ranbir Kapoor) and his obsessive yet fragile bond with his father, Balbir Singh (Anil Kapoor). When his father's safety is threatened, Ranvijay heads on a gory quest for revenge.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 15 ):
Kids say ( 1 ):

This crime and action drama, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, is a grotesque blood bath to its core. Animal glorifies aggression, machoism, and savagery to the extent that it forgets to have any sense or story. Filled to the brim with misogyny, the movie centers singularly around Ranbir Kapoor's repulsive Ranvijay. Any female characters are solely used for decoration and mere props, contributing nothing to the central action. Indeed not only do they barely have a voice, they are continually humiliated and ridiculed. What Vanga was hoping to say with this film is perhaps the most confusing element of this sorry adventure. During its painfully long three and a half hour runtime, one is never really given space to recognize or register why this tale is being told and why anyone should care. Beyond the never ending reign of bullets and butcherings, both Animal and Kapoor's vicious Ranvijay remain hollow.

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Animal movie poster: Ranbir Kapoor, as Ranvijay Singh, smoking a cigarette.

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