Inhalte(1)
The balance of power between man and animal is reversed. At the crossroads of fantastic genre and suspense, Les animaux anonymes proves to be radical: no dialogue, virtually no budget at all and an imagination that is as boundless as it is unusual. (Sitges Film Festival)
Kritiken (2)
Eine coole Idee für eine faszinierende metaphorische Bizarrheit. Das Ergebnis ist aber eher komisch. Die meisten Figuren ohne Masken sind wahrscheinlich Freunde des Regisseurs. Sie schaffen es nicht einmal, vor der Kamera ein natürliches Gesicht zu machen. Wenn die Szene in Gang kommt, wird sie durch einen heftigen Schnitt gekillt. Keine Spur von Spannung, Entsetzen oder Horrorelementen. Die Musik ist zwar manchmal eindringlich, es sind aber alles nur „intense“ Szenen, die man erstaunt beobachtet. Als Spielfilm mit einer interessanteren und unvorhersehbareren Handlung sowie einer besseren Pointe hätte man Anonymous Animals wenigstens als einen zwar funktionell verlegenen, aber visionär komplexen Ausrutscher betrachten können.
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Three very reluctant stars. I was looking forward to Anonymous Animals since the first trailer and waited almost half a year for it. I tamed my expectations a bit once I saw the first reactions, but I still had faith. Now, however, fresh after watching it I think it's a huge shame to make such a great premise so uninteresting and artsy. The combo of France/exploitation/reverse idea is a damn good premise for a great horror movie, but here it just stayed with the idea unfortunately. Fortunately, the running time is 60 minutes, the film has pretty decent visuals, nice make-up effects and a perverse parable, but that's less than I expected. The film has no talking, no plot and no proper main character, so on the one hand there's not much to root for, and on the other, we don't really learn anything about the interestingly sketched world where animals rule over humans. The biggest drawback, however, is the lack of gore and torture, which the film was obviously touting, but it's very unsatisfying in that regard. I'm pissed that it turned out the way it did, but I'm rounding up three stars for the idea. Story 1/5, Action 2/5, Humor>No, Violence 1/5, Fun 3/5 Music 2/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 2/5, Originality 4/5. 5/10.
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