Directed by:
David MichôdScreenplay:
David MichôdCinematography:
Adam ArkapawComposer:
Antony PartosCast:
James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton, Dan Wyllie, Anthony Hayes, Laura Wheelwright (more)Plots(1)
Following the death of his mother, 17 year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) moves in with his doting grandmother, Smurf (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons - the Cody boys. The eldest, "Pope" (Ben Mendelsohn) is an armed robber, in hiding from a cadre of renegade detectives. Then there's Craig (Sullivan Stapleton), a successful but volatile drug dealer, and the youngest, Darren (Luke Ford), who naively follows his brothers' lead. Just as Pope's business partner and best mate, Barry "Baz" Brown (Joel Edgerton), decides that he wants out, tensions between the Codys and the police explode. J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce). Animal Kingdom is a powerful crime drama that tells the story of a tense battle between a criminal family and the police and of the ordinary lives caught in the middle. (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2011 - Jacki Weaver (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2011 - Best Foreign Independent
Golden Globes
- 2011 - Jacki Weaver (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2011 - Jacki Weaver (Best Supporting Actress)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2010 - Jacki Weaver (Best Supporting Actress)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2010 - David Michôd (Best First Film)
The Saturn Awards
- 2011 - Jacki Weaver (Best Supporting Actress)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2010 - David Michôd (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)