Animals

Animals (2019)

Some friendships are wild at heart

Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.

Date of release
2019-08-02
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (56)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Sophie Hyde

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Animals

Animals is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Sophie Hyde, starring Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat. It was screened in the Premieres category at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. An adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth's 2014 novel of the same name, the film follows best friends Laura and Tyler whose lifestyle comes under scrutiny just as Laura becomes engaged to a teetotaller.

Production

Director Sophie Hyde said that it was the book which drew her in and inspired her to make the film, giving voice to women's experiences in a way that she had not seen very often on screen and in a way that felt connected to her own experience. She and Unsworth worked collaboratively from early in the creative process. The film was made in and around Dublin, whereas the book is set in Manchester.

Shawkat said she was drawn to the film owing to its being driven by women, and she was able to bring her life experience into her creation of the character. Both main actors agreed that the personal chemistry between the two worked well on set because they had hit it off in real life.

The film was produced by Rebecca Summerton, Sarah Brocklehurst, Cormac Fox, and Sophie Hyde. Music was by Zoë Barry and Jed Palmer.

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