All the Little Animals (1998)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Jeremy Thomas

Writers:

Eski Thomas (screenplay) and
Walker Hamilton (book)

Release Date:

11 June 1999 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Of All the Animals, The Cruelest is Man.

Plot:

Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one...

Plot Keywords:

Roadkill | Escape | Animal | Murder | Truck

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Hurt	...	Mr. Summers
Christian Bale	...	Bobby Platt
Daniel Benzali	...	Bernard 'The Fat' De Winter
James Faulkner	...	Mr. Stuart Whiteside
John O'Toole	...	Lorry Driver
Amanda Boyle	...	Des
Amy Robbins	...	Valerie Ann Platt, Bobby's Mother
John Higgins	...	Dean
Kaye Griffiths	...	Lepidopterist
Sevilla Delofski	...	Janet, De Winter's Secretary
Helen Kluger	...	Icecream Vendor
Shane Barks	...	Young Bobby
Sjoerd Broeks	...	Mark
Elizabeth Earl	...	Child in Van
Andrew Dixon	...	Philip

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Goofs:

Continuity: Bobby jumps out of the lorry as it swerves off the road. As we see the crash from another angle, the passenger door is shut and there is no sign of Bobby on the ground.

Quotes:

Bobby Platt: I love animals!

Movie Connections:

References Watership Down (1978)

Soundtrack:

John Barleycorn

Christian Bale is the foremost incredible actor of Gen X - completely inhabits the character Bobby.

This movie is incredible. Christian Bale gives the most convincing, beautiful performance. He becomes Bobby. The story is so unique and really is for those motivated by compassion and love for the simple, and often under looked in society. The stepfather is evil incarnate, and I could almost not bear watching him. John Hurt is amazing in this as well. I loved this movie! This isn't a review, just me, expounding on my favorite actor, Christian Bale, and how in love I am with his work. He brings it every time! The scenery in this is gorgeous as well, of the English countryside. There is a scene towards the end when Bobby (Bale) starts crying over Mr. Summers and it is magnificent. He is so believable. Good triumphs over evil. It is a bit twisted at times, but you have to watch this with the spirit of justice in mind. This is a story of love, and the power of the simple, the "unpowerful" in our world's eye.