American Animals

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	Spencer Reinhard	The Real Spencer Reinhard
	Warren Lipka	The Real Warren Lipka
	Eric Borsuk	The Real Eric Borsuk
	Chas Allen	The Real Chas Allen
	Betty Jean Gooch	The Real Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
	Evan Peters	Warren
	Blake Jenner	Chas
	Barry Keoghan	Spencer
	Jared Abrahamson	Eric
	Eddie King	Male Art Professor
	Karen Wheeling Reynolds	Female Art Professor
	James Rackley	Active
	Drew Starkey	Frat Boy
	Anthony J. Police	Man with Gun
	Ann Dowd	Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
	Abigail Dolan	Special Collections Student
	Kevin L. Johnson	Scruffy Counterfeiter
	Mike Stoudt	Local Radio DJ
	Gary Basaraba	Warren Lipka Senior
	Lara Grice	Mrs. Lipka
	Udo Kier	Mr. Van Der Hoek
	Fedor Steer	Dutchman in Café
	Jack Landry	Economics Lecturer
	Wayne Duvall	Bill Welton
	Blaque Fowler	Costume Shop Owner

Crew View all

Director	Bart Layton
Writer	Bart Layton, Jon Croker, Peter Straughan, Claudia Zie, Ed Wethered, Joe Murtagh
Producer	Daniel Battsek, Len Blavatnik, Katherine Butler, Scott Clackum, Darren M. Demetre, Joe Murtagh, Poppy Dixon, Dimitri Doganis, Sam Dwyer, Ted Farnsworth, Aviv Giladi, Ben Giladi, Toby Hill, Gordon King, David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Tory Metzger, Simon Mills, Mary-Jane Mitchell, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski, Piers Vellacott, Sander Verdonk, Lindsey Hancock Williamson, Sam Williamson
Musician	Anne Nikitin
Photography	Ole Bratt Birkeland

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My quick rating - 6,3/10. Another well made movie and the funny part, well for the viewers, is the fact it is a true story. The way the movie is presented with the actual 4 thieves speaking of how the whole plot to perform the heist was done was a refreshing way to tell the story. The major distraction to this was just how poorly executed the plan was. Maybe it is because back in the day I was a foolish criminal but my plans were even thought out better than this. Then again, I never thought grandscale like millions. Anyway, aside from them being stupid, the four rich kids wanted a little bit of adventure, so they decide to rob a library that has a precious collection of rare books. This leads to some major holes in the story that I suppose they just didn't think about. And when this could've been done in a humorous way, it tends to fall more into the category of how sad it was. Making it more drama then anything else. Still, quality performances and the style of narrative make this worth watching. Don't let the title fool you, or the trailer mentioning Mr. Pink (obviously reference to the classic Reservior Dogs). This movie isn't about violence or action, just a story about 4 dimwits trying to dive in a criminal world way too deep for them to accomlpish.

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