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the actors are great, wild, and some scenes are so hot. andreas Wilson is wild as an animal. the directing is amazing, especially for a first time director. it's a real thriller and real sci fi at same time. with the type of future completely new and credible. no gadget there. strange and spectacular. not the cheap/trendy usual look of most indies. the director shows she KNOWS how to do this. sometimes, you get the feeling that new directors are filming with the "amateur" style, because they CANT do it in a different fashion. not with "animal". i glad i made that discovery. and also: it deals with violence, but does not crawl into it. a class act. wish more filmmakers had so much respect for their audience, these days...

I saw it now about ten times. I would recommend it a million times. and see it a million times. i think it is extremely intelligent and captivating. I particularly like the boldness Spielberg is showing by having scene that runs for four minutes in a row (I timed it!) at the beginning of the film, just to explain the whereabouts of destiny, luck and predictability of an event. this combination of entertainment and content is very rare. it's altogether very popular in the best sense of the term, and very intelligent. tom cruise is real, and moving. the sets are a great mix of today's day to day world with extreme future which makes the whole experience "credible". you believe in such a future. watch the camera movements. you don't feel them. don't feel that they even exist. they just manipulate you. they are in fact extremely sophisticated. the film uses a new way of grading, new colours, that have influenced most film since its release. always wonderful to watch. bravo.