Overview
A gripping tale of secrets and connections unfolds in a snowbound landscape.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- melancholic
- sober
- rainy day
- arthouse thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film’s intricate multi-perspective construction, deft direction, ensemble performances, and absorbing mystery, while noting occasional lapses in suspense and plausibility.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Five linked characters narrate distinct strands whose connections illuminate the missing woman's disappearance.
The film moves through connected perspectives and progressively backtracks toward the origin of the chain of events.
The characters' desires, affairs, and emotional dependencies repeatedly drive reckless decisions.
The plot explicitly connects desire, deception, and a romance scam originating far from the French mountain setting.
Films like Only the Animals, and why
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
interlocking perspectives, nonlinear mystery construction, and themes of desire and causality
Babel
ensemble-driven crime narrative, moral ambiguity, and carefully revealed connections
Amores perros
multiple viewpoints, bleak atmosphere, and a chain of intimate choices producing tragedy
Tell No One
European crime drama with fractured storytelling, obsession, and escalating deceit
Movie Details
- Director
- Dominik Moll
- Release Date
- 2019-12-04
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (335)
Cast
- Denis Ménochet
- Laure Calamy
- Damien Bonnard
- Nadia Tereszkiewicz
- Bastien Bouillon
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Jenny Bellay
- Fred Ulysse
- Roland Plantin
- Colin Niel
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Cohen Media Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Only the Animals about?
- A missing woman’s disappearance exposes a fatal chain of desire, deception, and chance linking isolated French lives to a distant world.
- What is Only the Animals like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Only the Animals as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Only the Animals violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Only the Animals as moderate.
- What did critics think of Only the Animals?
- Critics broadly praised the film’s intricate multi-perspective construction, deft direction, ensemble performances, and absorbing mystery, while noting occasional lapses in suspense and plausibility.
- Which films are like Only the Animals?
- Films with a similar feel include The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Babel, Amores perros, and Tell No One.
- How long is Only the Animals?
- Only the Animals runs 116 minutes.
- Where can I watch Only the Animals?
- In United States, Only the Animals streams on Cohen Media Amazon Channel.
