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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80CineVueChristopher MachellCineVueChristopher MachellOnly the Animals remains a highly satisfying and gripping thriller that, like the best of them, finds the time to properly contemplate the depths of its dominoes as they are arranged before the capricious hand of chance gleefully knocks them down, one by one.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawMoll has given us this audacious, witty and absorbing mystery thriller, a tale of adultery and amour fou with a gamey touch of the macabre.
- 80The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe Irish TimesDonald ClarkeFew will complain about the delicious perplexities of the opening hour. The film’s focus on the sadness of remote lives – everyone here seems alone – adds satisfactory emotional ballast.
- 80Time OutDave CalhounTime OutDave CalhounWhat unites the interlocking stories are their flashes of love and longing – often painfully, tragically unreturned. The film’s emotional side is well-handled, helped by strong performances across the board. But it’s the storytelling puzzle – the pile-up of different perspectives and gradual reveal of the facts – that makes it most worthwhile.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMoll crafts a seemingly simple plot that gets increasingly tangled as it jumps from one character to another, taking some rather surprising turns but managing to make sense of it all by the last scene.
- 60Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIf it sounds critical to say that the resolution of the murder at the center of the narrative is the least interesting aspect of the movie’s intrigue, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
- 60Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganMoll is a director who is adept when it comes to loading the screen with tension; actors swerve in from the side of the frame, silhouetted against the plateau, all playing characters who are clearly not walking a straight line mentally.
- 40The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe multiple viewpoints are just a clever, self-satisfied device to deliver stale goods and familiar ugliness with a soupçon of glib class politics.