 What's up everyone welcome to a brand new movie review today I am discussing American animals the brand new kind of indie heist film that's written on my radar for quite a while not just because the enormous great cast in here with young up-and-coming actors but also because the director Bart Larian has done a really good documentary a couple of years ago and hearing all the good buzz coming out of the festivals and knowing it's a heist film and really I never saw any of the trailers I just saw the poster the concept who's in it and some of the nice buzz about this film and overall I was pretty satisfied with American animals didn't live up to my expectations that I made myself to see maybe that's because I didn't see any of the trailers but it does have some good and great moments to it it's a dark comedy heist film with really no action there there's no action this film so don't expect a heist action film but it is based on a true story and I think a lot of the reason this film works is because the direction the director took I can't wait to see what the guy does next but the thing with this film is what is this film about American animals is about four guys who's just trying to get by in life and decide to rob a library yes I said a library they're not robbing a bank or anything else like that they're robbing a library to get these very rare books that are worth like millions of dollars and in the end of the day it's a different kind of film it's not like a den of thieves no this in fact this is called should be called book of thieves get it I know I and American animals is a film I've been looking forward to it's an in a heist film I loved heist films and I was curious to see where this film would go I want to start with my pros though first my pros really go to not only the direction because I think the direction for this film and everything he got was great but a lot of the dialogues good but really the main standouts are the performance especially by Evan Peters Evan Peters is fantastic in this film he is really defining himself that he's not just quick silver or the guy on American Horror Story no Evan Peters is a fantastic actor and the performance he gives in here is one of the best of this year doesn't throw any shade towards the other actors in here each and every one of them shine in their own way which a lot of the way that these people shine is towards the end of the film I'm not gonna get the spoilers but it does deal with PTSD and how you handle after you've kind of committed a crime or committed a sin in fact and I like seeing where these characters went and showing the aftermath of a heist we usually don't get that in heist films like oceans 8 oceans 11 the town in fact you don't get that guilt ridden stuff in them you actually get to see that in this film and given that this film is actually based on a true story I don't know how true it actually is but given how it's based on a true story was nice to touch on those aspects that the director decided to tell that rest of the story because he could have easily gone for more light-hearted tone of a film and that would have been it it would have probably been a more enjoyable film but the fact that you want more of a dark comedy style with pushing onto that emphasis of the PTSD after the heist because that's more of the memorable stuff in this film that's what actually gripped me and pulled me in and don't get me wrong when the heist gets going it's great it's I love how they decided to tell the story with the camera angles because it was super frantic when the characters get frantic and all worry nested the camera would kind of match with that and it really brought you into the film and I really enjoyed that I can recommend is see this film theaters if you're intrigued by any of these concepts that I'm saying I think you're gonna really enjoy this film again it's not gonna be one of my favorites of this year I don't there's so many great films I've already seen this year but it still is an enjoyable time the only difference with this heist film is there's no memorable scenes that make me want to ever watch this film again besides the PTSD it's more of a film that I can recommend film lovers or heist people to go and check out and see the great performances see the great direction here and see this weirdly told story that fascinates you in some different ways and I think it's a film that's not just not gonna stick with you but it's a film that you can enjoy and kind of just see it's a good thing for film lovers to see this film because they'll actually get different perspectives of how they should tell a story I think that's why in the end of the day I did enjoy American animals it's nothing I expected to be it's nothing that's gonna be super memorable to me out of all the great heist films we have but it does give fantastic performances it tells a great story in a different kind of way to touches on that PTSD stuff that I've never seen in another heist film for which is the most memorable thing about this film kind of weird that it takes away from a lot of the heist elements but I really did enjoy that aspect of the film and kind of kind of be slow I think there could have been a couple minutes shaved off I did enjoy all the characters and again the PTSD thing is probably the main thing that really hooked me into this film and maybe even remember it again I do recommend seeing American animals if you're even interested in it if you're not maybe save your money check out the next film's coming out over the next couple of weeks but besides that guys with all that said I'm gonna give American animals a B but with all that said have you guys seen American animals or are you guys looking forward to this film make sure to comment down below and tell me what your guys's thoughts are can't wait to hear what you guys say about American animals I hope you guys get to check it out this weekend because I know it is 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