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Animal Factory
Directed by
Steve Buscemi
R
2000
1h 34m
[Crime](/on-demand/category/crime), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
6.6
83%
59%
6.3
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A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
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Cast of Animal Factory
Willem Dafoe
Earl Copen
Edward Furlong
Ron Decker
Danny Trejo
Vito / Co-Producer
Mark Boone Junior
Paul Adams
Seymour Cassel
Lt. Seeman
Mickey Rourke
Jan the Actress
Tom Arnold
Buck Rowan
John Heard
James Decker
Chris Bauer
Bad Eye
Rockets Redglare
Big Rand
Jake La Botz
Jesse
Mark Engelhardt
T.J.
Edward Bunker
Buzzard / Screenplay / Co-Producer
Victor Pagan
Psycho Mike
Ernest Harden Jr.
Richland
Afemo Omilami
Captain Knight
Michael Buscemi
Mr. Herrell
J.C. Quinn
Ivan McGhee
Steven Randazzo
Jacob Horvath
Mark Webber
Tank
Animal Factory Ratings & Reviews
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
The opaque performances offer little in the way of shading.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Animal Factory" shows in unflinching scenes of stabbings, race riots, drug use, attempted rape, and constantly boiling chaotic violence, how hardened criminals are formed by incessant molding inside American penitentiaries.
Entertainment Today
Brent Simon
We may have seen this type of Animal before, but Furlong and Dafoe's work -- and Buscemi's honest, caring touch with these fringe-dwellers -- make it seem fresh.
Detour Magazine
Brandon Judell
there are two reasons to fast-forward this offering when it's released on video: (1) Mickey Rourke's over-the-top bejeweled drag queen and (2) Tom Arnold's truly rotten performance as a baddy who has the hots for boy-buns. Roseanne's finally gotten her re
Netflix
James Rocchi
Prison flick from ex-con screenwriter is raw and realistic, with powerful acting.
Moviehole
Caffeinated Clint
Similar to "Shawshank", "Animal Factory" is a far-less-established outing, but never the less interesting. Without the weighty support cast it mightn't have been as intriguing though, because there's a lack of depth missing from the screenplay
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
The most disturbing thing in Animal Factory is watching sleepy Edward Furlong try to act.
Matinee Magazine
Jason Clark
It confirms that Buscemi is a director that's here to stay.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
You come away with the sense that you should have come to care (or at least to know) more about its central characters than you do.
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
It's the relationship between Willem Dafoe, as Earl, the hard-time veteran, and Edward Furlong, as Ron, the new boy he takes under his wing, that makes the film so compelling.
Apollo Guide
Wesley Lovell
Here we see prison as we've seen it before, but with a touch of originality.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
A picture about adapting one's instincts, and Mr. Buscemi's deftness works well in this context.
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
The bleakness and myriad cruelties of the prison system are telegraphed with a graceful touch.
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
Perhaps at 95 minutes, the film is just too short to do justice to all these matters, and maybe one needs to read the Edward Bunker novel to fill in the blanks.
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