It seems that Mani, Joel and Yona are stranded and torn their way through childhood, as their family, consisting of mother and father, seems to be torn apart and have unstable and unstable relationships. The family leaves these children to defend themselves in the midst of many disorders, and may call that poor life Yona, the youngest that needs to escape to a fantasy world away from the reality we live in completely.
Zagar builds a world that is simultaneously deeply authentic and dreamlike - the perfect combination to express a child's deeply felt but inherently distorted view of the universe he inhabits.
Based on Justin Torres' debut novel, We The Animals is a masterpiece on human psychology and an agonizing, but bold inquiry into the lives of the neglected and abused.
The conclusion is certain enough to be practically foregone, and if what leads up to it is aggressively arty, it's also artful and frank, a rare combination.
There's powerful love beneath the frustration of [this] impoverished life on oblivion's edge [...] expressed with authenticity to understand its role in the boys' evolution.
