Animals
When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.
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Updated nightlyThis political thriller mostly lands with a thud. The story of a mayoral candidate and his wife scrambling for ransom money is called painfully unoriginal and predictable, with a plot that drags. Ben Affleck, as Mark Kimball, and Kerry Washington, as Abigail, take the brunt of the criticism for stiff, unlikable performances. A few people found Gillian Anderson's character a minor bright spot, but that's not enough to save it.
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- Positive33%
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- Negative39%
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