
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.... (Full plot summary below)
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Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby's world explodes into a grotesque nightmare.
Leave your thoughts about All the Little Animals.
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonBeautifully produced: a moving film with a fascinating story and exemplary acting. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFalls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWhere the movie falters is in sustaining the tricky balance between pastoral life lessons and creepy suspense. |
| NewsweekAndrea C. BasoraThomas is supported in his first directorial endeavor by a truly spectacular cast. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonQuite the off-kilter, half-baked eco-sermon to begin with, Thomas's movie crumbles in its last quarter or so like a stack of supermarket cans. |
| Independent on SundayAntonia QuirkeBale, with his embarrassed lisp and straight, slim back, is perfectly curious, perfectly amazed, perfectly different. His performance is quite beautiful, and whenever he is on screen, the film is melancholy and innocent. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenWould seem hokey if it didn't have powerful, extraordinary central performances and cinematography that lends the English landscape around Cornwall a mythical cast. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldIt's a movie brimming with good intentions, solid production values and searing performances. However, it never quite clicks into place with any real satisfaction. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyBale nimbly walks a fine line between Bobby's handicap and an increasingly mature comprehension of what he must do to survive. |
| Miami HeraldCurtis MorganFantasy-style plot doesn't mesh easily with the unsettling psychological themes woven through it. |