Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

MrGKB ...style and competence can't always compensate for a pedestrian script. Case in point, "When Animals Dream," a tyro effort from Denmark that apparently drew a fair amount of attention, although you'd be hard-pressed to tell that from the scant IMDb audience it's garnered. I'm not overly surprised. It's a somewhat mundane tale of adolescent lycanthropy oddly set in a small Danish fishing community; in this iteration the affliction is apparently genetic rather than anything supernatural. Like mother, like daughter, with dad the dedicated if somewhat taciturn caretaker. Well, kinda, since he ends up standing aside when his maturing offspring finally bolts the homestead, offering only a hearty "Don't take any crap!" as parental advice. The film's shot nicely, edited well, scored appropriately, acted decently, and even directed with some careful finesse. The problem is, as per usual, the script. It's sparse, in fact downright laconic, making it a chore to relate to its protagonist in any significant way. Characters do things without any apparent rationale; a great deal of whatever passes for back story is never explained. It makes for a frustrating viewing experience. Glad I caught it for free.

Que no me toque un alto delante A twist to a theme already seen many times, but is an original contribution. Through concise and fair dialogue, we can see a clear intention not to give everything chewed to the viewer, not explaining everything that happens (which came out very well in my opinion).The lead actress does a fine job. Perhaps a rewriting of the myth of the werewolf, perhaps a metaphor for the animal in us, maybe a social critique to the aggression that the horde develops when something is different and frightens us. Probably all that together. I liked the point made by the father/mother and father/daughter relationship in the context of the situation they are living. Either way, it's a movie with original features, beautifully set in a rural town in Denmark, and with decent special effects.

SpannersGerm669 When Animals Dream has a lot of similarities with the Swedish masterpiece Let The Right One In. While one movie deals with Vampires and the other with Werewolves, both share a brilliant atmosphere along with sympathetic situations. When Animals Dream isn't so much about Werewolves as such, but about a family struggling to cope with hereditary illness. The power of a young female caring for her ill mother and depressed father. The whole situation is hopeless and portrays a very depressing story, but strangely at the same time, a story of beauty. The story is simplistic, but its the rich flavour that keeps the movie afloat. While Let The Right One In is a better film, When Animals Dream is yet another very memorable Scandinavian horror/drama. Highly recommended!

kosmasp It's not as exploitative as some may think (especially considering the English title), but more Art-house. So while this is a different beast (no pun intended) than "Let the right one in" (your dreams?), this still has a similar feeling to it. Not to mention a female character in the center of it. A really good movie (coming of age and other things that is) if you like your drama spiced.Acting wise this is great and it may need some time to get rolling, but when it does there seems to be no stopping. Many people can also identify with the main actress/character, the way she feels and is being treated. There is more than a connection (though it does stop there of course ... hopefully) and that is being exploited, if anything.