Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- sardonic
- witty
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What critics said
Critics found the reunited A Fish Called Wanda ensemble intermittently funny but judged the follow-up less sharp and less consistently inventive.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Octopus, Inc. repeatedly treats the zoo as a disposable business asset, replacing animal welfare with profit schemes and even a proposed golf course.
The zoo's conservation role is repeatedly undermined by fierce-animal rules, celebrity endorsements, overpriced merchandise, and robotic replacements.
Willa, Rollo, and the zookeepers unite against the McCains' policies and financial abuses to protect Marwood Zoo.
Rollo's central Fierce Creatures Policy proposes eliminating appealing animals while retaining only ferocious species to attract customers.
Films like Fierce Creatures, and why
A Fish Called Wanda
shared British ensemble comedy, corporate satire, farcical schemes, and returning Cleese-Palin-Kline comic chemistry
The Trouble with Harry
shared irreverent workplace satire, eccentric characters, escalating comic deception, and British-American ensemble sensibility
Brazil
shared darkly comic treatment of commercial greed, institutional absurdity, and unruly ensemble conflict
Movie Details
- Directors
- Robert Young, Fred Schepisi
- Release Date
- 1997-01-23
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (406)
Cast
- John Cleese
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Kevin Kline
- Michael Palin
- Ronnie Corbett
- Carey Lowell
- Robert Lindsay
- Bille Brown
- Derek Griffiths
- Cynthia Cleese
Where to watch in United States
- 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 Fierce Creatures about?
- A British zoo becomes the battleground for a gleefully savage war between corporate profiteering and eccentric conservationists.
- What is Fierce Creatures like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Fierce Creatures as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Fierce Creatures violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Fierce Creatures as mild.
- What did critics think of Fierce Creatures?
- Critics found the reunited A Fish Called Wanda ensemble intermittently funny but judged the follow-up less sharp and less consistently inventive.
- Which films are like Fierce Creatures?
- Films with a similar feel include A Fish Called Wanda, The Trouble with Harry, and Brazil.
- How long is Fierce Creatures?
- Fierce Creatures runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Fierce Creatures?
- In United States, Fierce Creatures is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
