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Animal Kingdom
2010
· Movie
· 113 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1205
- IMDb #1772
- Rotten Tomatoes #742
- Metacritic #491
- Letterboxd #1345
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #508
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1350
- Metacritic Critics #500
- Metacritic Audience #771
- Criticker #828
- Kinopoisk #3531
- AlloCiné #1559
- Trakt #2486
Every rating
60–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 88, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After his mother dies, a teenager is taken in by his estranged grandmother and her family, who happen to be a notorious criminal clan. He is drawn into their dangerous world of armed robberies and violence, under the matriarch's controlling influence. As police pressure intensifies, loyalties within the family fracture, forcing the young man to navigate a nest of predators to survive.
Details
- Director
- David Michôd
- Writer
- David Michôd
- Released
- 3 June 2010
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $1.0M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 26 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 42 →1 major award won · 16 wins from 42 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Sundance Film Festival 2010 | World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 53rd Australian Film Institute Awards ) 2010 | Best Actor | James Frecheville | Nominee |
| AACTA Awards ( 53rd Australian Film Institute Awards ) 2010 | Best Actress | Jacki Weaver | Winner |
| AACTA Awards ( 53rd Australian Film Institute Awards ) 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Joel Edgerton | Winner |
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Sundance Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
AACTA Awards ( 53rd Australian Film Institute Awards )
14 nominations, 8 won
| Best Actor | Ben Mendelsohn | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jacki Weaver | Winner |
| Best Direction | David Michôd | Winner |
| Best Editing | Luke Doolan | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Original Screenplay | David Michôd | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joel Edgerton | Winner |
| Reader's Choice | Winner | |
| Best Actor | James Frecheville | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Adam Arkapaw | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Guy Pearce | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sullivan Stapleton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Laura Wheelwright | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor | James Frecheville | Nominee |
Inside Film Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Ben Mendelsohn | Winner |
| Best Director | David Michôd | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Luke Doolan | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | David Michôd | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Robert Mackenzie, Philippe Decrausaz and Sam Petty | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Members Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Score | Antony Partos and Sam Petty | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Adam Arkapaw | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Cappi Ireland | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Jo Ford | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Sam Petty, Rob Mackenzie, Philippe Decrausaz, Leah Katz, Brooke Trezise and Richard Pain | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Winner |
| Best Director | David Michôd | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | David Michôd | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
Saturn Award
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jacki Weaver | Nominee |