Video Review

Video Review: 'Animal Factory'

Reviewed by Daniel Fierman | Jan 26, 2001
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Movie Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong and Mickey Rourke

Cons get shivved. Inmates break into gangs. Hard-timers spit tough-guy lines and find camaraderie in the unlikeliest of places. In fact, the only surprises in Steve Buscemi's jailhouse drama are the appalling continuity errors (Kazaam! That unlit cigarette is smoldering) and twisted casting (four words: Tom Arnold, prison rapist). The movie's serviceable enough, but so familiar to fans of Oz that one has to wonder: Does anybody in Hollywood watch television anymore? C+

Originally posted Jan 26, 2001 Published in issue #579-580 Jan 26, 2001 Order article reprints
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