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Summary: The Animal
Review: I was very disappointed by this film. I loved "Duce Biggalo" and I was looking forward to the same sort of comedy. However, this movie wasn't nearly as funny as I'd hoped. It was riddled with mediocre acting. The acting combined with a poor story made for a rather brain dead movie. The only bright spots in the movie were Guy Torre and an all too brief appearance by Norm MacDonald. I'd watch it if it came on television, but I would not recommend renting or buying this film.
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Summary: this movie was really funny!
Review: this movie was really dumb but it was really funny also.
I thought that the previews showed everything. But I was wrong. I
just couldn't stop laughing. It remindedd me of the first time I saw shrek.
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Summary: Halarious! Just Halarious! (And Creative!)
Review: I thought this movie was one word: HALARIOUS! I wish I would have seen it in theaters but I ended up renting it instead. Chances are if you're reading this review you know somewhat of what it's about, have seen the movie (why else would you purchase the video?) or are planning on seeing it sometime soon. Well, here's my opinion. The acting of "Survivor" cast member Colleen Haskell wasn't too bad. She is cute and has had some training before her days stranded at the beach. I think she could've done a little better but hey-it's her movie debut! I thought Rob Schneider's acting was very good. People are sometimes too serious about movies and in this case they were. It wasn't meant to be Oscar of the year here. It did not deserve the 3 and a half stars it got. Rather, I think it was pretty good. And creative as well! The director did a VERY good job in terms of trying to make us "forget" that Rob's character Marvin has been in a car accident until we see a flashback of his time of being put together with different animal parts. I also liked the chase at the end, not to mention a down-right FUNNY cameo by Norm McDonald. Just great! It was really well done for the director tries and makes us guess who the bad guy actually is. I'm not gonna give away the ending for those who haven't seen it yet, nor go into intricate detail. Just explaining on how creative and funny it is...The Animal should not be left out in your collection but that is only if you find it funny. So I urge you to rent it first and then purchase it on video...which is what I am about to do! Also if you're thinking about buying/renting this one then check out "Duce Biggalo Male Jiggalo"...another Schneider movie. And also Funny as well!
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Summary: Do not Act Like a Animal!
Review: I just saw "The Animal" on DVD.
It's mostly funny, it's about a guy, that is really really slow, sluggish, non-active, and never doing anything active. He's a File man for the Police, and he has to pass a Police test to be a Policeman, well he doesn't pass it, again. So when all the Policeman are out on break, there is a call and he tries to get to a restaurant, there is a seal on the road and he's on a road cliff. I wonder what's going to happen? CRASH, and a wacky scienstist puts animal parts in him, because a lot of things in his body isn't working. The Pro's of having it is that he can Jump High, He gets in the Police Force, he's Active, he sniffs out drugs...., and a girl is liking him more because of the stuff he does. Well the bad stuff is the urges to first of all, eat, and second of all, have sex. So, he is always trying to hind these urges, but he can't and he seeks the wacky doctors advice. He tells him to eat more, and he told the wacky doctor that he has the sex part in control, but he doesn't.
Well, there is a wild beast on the loose that killed 2 cows and one bird hunter. A wild Mob thinks the main chacter is the beast, and runs after him. They actally find out that the wild beast is his girlfriend, a beta test of making a animal inside. But the black dude saids he's the beast, and no one does anything because he's black, and all the crap on raciest. And the Main Chacter and he's Girlfriend live happily ever after.
Actors:Could be better, it could have been better. 7/10
Fun:I thought it was really funny, but the kind of Funny that's well, "dumb" 9/10
Movieplay:I could watch this again and see the extra stuff on it too! 8/10
Sound:One Simple word... Fine. 7/10
Overall:You got a man in the house, he's going to think it's funny. 7/10
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Summary: An funny fantasy comedy that fits Perfectly to Schneider.
Review: A Bumbling Police File Clerk (Rob Schneider), who desperate wants to be a Cop but when he falls in love with an Cute Attractive Woman (Colleen Haskell). Everything turns to the Worst, when he nearly dies on a Fatal Car Crash and a Mysterious Doctor (Micheal Caton) saves his life but the Doctor added an Infusion of Animal Magnetism, Literally.Directed by Luke Greenfield made a funny, silly, entertaining comedy. Schneider seems to be having one hell of a time, more than he did in Deuce Bigelow:Male Gigolo. DVD`s has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD`s has good extras like:Two Audio Commentary tracks by the Director and Actor:Schneider. Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes feautrette and More. This is a Light-Hearted Fantasy Comedy. Adam Sandler appears in a Cameo. Grade:B+.
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Summary: Beastly movie
Review: Comedies may be the hardest kind of movies to review because there is no type of humor that is funny to everyone. Even among a particular type, there is not universal agreement as to what's funny and what's not. Take slapstick, or physical, humor, which is what The Animal uses. I am in the group that is most amused by seeing witty, bright and/or sophisticated characters trip, fall or otherwise embarrass themselves. Another group most enjoys seeing clumsy and/or dimwitted people doing what they do best. I don't think either group is right or wrong. It's a matter of personal taste, and it's those who enjoy seeing idiots doing idiotic things who will most enjoy The Animal. Rob Schneider plays Marvin, a hopelessly inept guy who works in the evidence room of the local police department. He has become a laughing stock among most of his coworkers because he has tried and failed a half dozen times to become a real policeman. One afternoon, the entire force goes off to play softball, leaving Marvin to watch the station. When a call about a robbery in progress comes in, no one at the game responds to Marvin's radio call. He goes off in his car to aid the victim, but he never makes in. In an inspired bit of slapstick, he veers off the road to avoid hitting a trained seal. A screaming Marvin is trapped in the car as it rolls down an embankment. When if finally stops, Marvin tells himself that wasn't so bad, but then the vehicle slips over the edge and rolls and rolls some more. It comes to its finally resting place, Marvin breaths a sigh of relief, and suddenly, a huge boulder rolls over it. Marvin then dreams he is on an operating table in a weird hospital. It turns out he has been operated on by a mad doctor who has repaired him by using animal parts. It isn't long before the hapless Marvin finds himself behaving like a horse, a dog, a goat, and even a beaver. This problem leads to a myriad of sight gags and one-liners. Since these involve animal behavior, you can easily figure out what comic level they are one. Rob Schneider is what he is, and he delivers the material his fans expect. His fan base comes from his stint on Saturday Night Live. He built on this by appearing is nearly all of Adam Sandler's movies. Not coincidentally, Mr. Sandler was an executive producer on The Animal, as well as on Schneider's 1999 hit, Deuce Bigelow. While this is not my brand of comedy, I must admit that it has its moments. Schneider certainly tries hard. The Animal is also much gentler and sweeter than most comedies this year. Even if you don't much like its hero, it's hard not to feel a little empathy for such a nice guy.
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Summary: Put it to sleep!
Review: Here it is: A story of a man who is taken over by animal body parts and becomes a super-cop, but at the same time struggles against keeping his new "instincts" under control. This concept fell to pieces, though. The story is considerably dorky and ridiculously unrealistic right up to the very end, and by that time the plot turns complicated and makes no sense at all. Not good! I don't care if we watch comedies for a good time, they still need a decent storyline, and The Animal has none. In fact, The Animal doesn't have a lot of things. Like comedy. There were some fairly funny scenes in here... some. The Animal's mainly just a bunch of stupid comedy stunts that don't really utilize the name of the game... and that's not very funny. My final words: Good idea, bad product. Go see Rat Race.
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Summary: WOW this was great
Review: I cant believe people have given this movie less than 5 stars. It is a great movie and it puts Rob S. on the Adam Sandler level.
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Summary: Another dead stick in the Hollywood jungle.
Review: One might say that I'm being overcompitent by slap bagging the limp and distgruntled THE ANIMAL with a low one star rating. What is rendered for the film is what the film receives. It doesn't expect anything more than over-blown pesky crud for itself. Why should the audience capitulate to the nonsense as well, and take part in upraising this below-the-belt butt scratcher? Everyone sustaining this film complains that the film is "stupid-funny". One 'half-chuckle' was all that slipped from my mouth. This film, in my opinion, is suitable to be known as just plain stupid. Rob Schneider plays a nerd evidence investigator who's low life living, and under-achieved dreams are suddenly shaken after he takes a crash down a steep hill, and nearly dies. After being found unconscience, a maniac doc figues that the only way to save his life is to put animal organs in him which include: Dog, seal, goat, dolphin, horse...etc. After waking up the next morning by his damaged car, Schneider doesn't realize he's been missing for eight days. Now this savage and hormonal beast is after a goregous pet dealer and is also on the run from the cops. Can the animal subdue and resist his abnormality in this downright rampadoodle junker? Obviously he can only save his own character, because the movie goes over the cliff after a group of eight year olds beat up Schneider's character at the police station in the opening of the film. There is the classic "boring cop" field trip in which every kid picks on the dumb cop. Then, the cool and buff cop says- "you want to meet a real police officer?" And the kids go bonanza. Expectedly, there is also the black man who feels that every white person treats him nice simply because he's of that race. Isn't this racism/anti-racism thing going a little bit overboard? I mean, we already have Chris Tucker and Chris Rock nipping at the chip on that plate, why generate more and more? It's old news. The whole "Black-man/racism" thing just doesn't muster the laughs anymore. Adam Sandler makes a cameo in the film, more of a waste actually, after the whole town is after Schneider. When they finally catch him and surround him, Sandler takes Schneider's previous cameos of THE WATERBOY and LITTLE NICKY, and says, "Cut his freaking ...!" Many of you know the rest. This overdone appearance is getting old too. The major letdown is that Sandler CAN'T do it like Rob. It's not funny at all. A plot with a mouse's brain, acting with an icing of cow pies, and an overall effect of insecure stupidity sets a new standard for idiotic films. THE ANIMAL is here, and sadly, it seems like it has rabies. QUOTE: "This film is flat out dead. It has no sense of comedy, nor a feel for what the audience wants. It is just "Dumb". This plot of its doesn't excell or deliver a sufficient median to balance on. "I put animal parts in you" doesn't give us a whole lot to work with. By the time this short 80 minute film subsides and rolls over to the credits, you'll only be thanking Revolution Studios for making it as short as it was. THE ANIMAL needs to find a shelter and get some shots before it can be released into the wild."
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Summary: Somewhat forgettable but funny adventure.
Review: Rob Schneider proves himself an able physical comedian and is helped tremendously by Guy Torry as his racially-paranoid friend and a welcome cameo by Adam Sadler.
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