Animal

“Animal is a sickeningly violent father-son action drama that is off-putting and tiresome, rarely pausing for breath despite Ranbir Kapoor's powerful performance.”

“ANIMAL is a powerful film that rests on Ranbir Kapoor's outstanding performance, clap worthy massy scenes.”

“Animal's violence isn't for the fainted-hearted unless you have an appetite for Korean style mayhem. Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga unleashes his fiercest impulses and care-a-damn attitude to deliver an action-packed exchange of volatile emotions and ruthless violence. The actor's nakedness knows no bounds—he strips himself bare as an artist, body and soul.”

“Provocation and convolution. Two words that kept popping into my head while watching Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal. It almost felt like the director was aiming to provoke rather than engage with the audience.”

“Animal sinks even further into regressive depths, resulting in one of the vilest protagonists to have graced the big screen. The swaggering, gratuitous violence aims to disturb, yet the execution of the action scenes is entirely forgettable and derivative, a poor man's version of The Godfather or Scarface. Despite its obvious desire to push buttons, Animal doesn't have the guts to actually own its transgressions.”

“Animal feels like Vanga's effort to look at the criticism leveled at Kabir Singh and say, 'This is just the beginning'. Animal glorifies Ranvijay for his behaviour. Not once does anyone question the way he treats the women around him even though he is a man raised by the kindness of women – his mother and his two sisters.”

“Animal's problematic premise has already been discussed since its teaser and trailer were unveiled. What the full film offers is a series of events, emotions and sequences leading up to a rather underwhelming climax, which is so rushed that you keep waiting if something more is yet to come post the end credits.”

“Sandeep Reddy Vanga's protagonists — thick-headed creatures of privilege and entitlement — are all badly-behaved men who could easily pass for monsters. Yet no matter how bleak and paleolithic his view of human instincts, he also wants us to stand in awe of his heroes, even admire and empathise with them.”