Bale nimbly walks a fine line between Bobby's handicap and an increasingly mature comprehension of what he must do to survive.
All the Little Animals
On this earth, in this land, We are all here for a reason.
1999 · 1h 52m · R
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jeremy Thomas
Overview
An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.
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Top critics, in their words
A brave effort, certainly different, but all too emphatically an allegory.
Odd and banal.
Quite the off-kilter, half-baked eco-sermon to begin with, Thomas's movie crumbles in its last quarter or so like a stack of supermarket cans.
[It] refuses to reduce its story to simple terms, and the visible story seems like a manifestation of dark and secret undercurrents. Even the ending, which some will no doubt consider routine revenge, has a certain subterranean irony.
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