Where the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's a movie brimming with good intentions, solid production values and searing performances. However, it never quite clicks into place with any real satisfaction.
There's something plodding and uncomfortably strident about Little Animals that keeps the audience from sharing, much less understanding, Bobby's enchantment.
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This moody film is ravishingly beautiful to look at -- but the story's fairy tale atmosphere doesn't entirely mesh with its psychological underpinnings.
50
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
The effort is earnest, but the plot turns more and more implausible.
40
Film.comJohn Hartl
Film.comJohn Hartl
Simplistic on one level, indecipherable on another, it's a most peculiar muddle.
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L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
Three leads do their best with simplistic characters.