Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. One of the highlights of Sundance this year was this flick, Animal Kingdom. It's directed by David Michod, part of Nash Edgerton's group that also produced THE SQUARE and another Sundance hit (and one of my favorites of the year so far) HESHER. In fact, Michod wrote Hesher for I LOVE SARAH JANE's Spencer Susser.
I'm telling you, this group is putting out some of the best films out now. They all have a bizarre '70s feel to them, but don't feel like throwbacks or like they're nodding their heads so hard at that era of filmmaking that they almost roll off.
The flick's about a kid whose junkie mother ODs and he's forced to move in with this radically criminalized family. The detectives, led by Guy Pearce, trying to nail the head of the household (Ben Mendelsohn) naturally see this kid, newcomer James Frecheville, as their ticket to finally putting Mendelsohn behind bars. Take a look at the trailer:
Joel Edgerton is great in this flick... he's the one who has been tapped, quite smartly I might add, by Universal to headline their THING prequel/reboot/whatever. I also loved Jacki Weaver as the matriarch of the family... she looks like Harley Quinn's mom to me.
So, yes... See this movie when it opens near you. We'd be better off if movies like this made a bajillion dollars. Thanks again to for the embed!
-Quint
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