Ben Affleck’s New Netflix Kidnapping Thriller Animals Tests the Moral Boundaries of Its Haves and Have Nots Characters
The new Netflix thriller Animals is tautly directed by Ben Affleck, who keeps the emphasis on the characters’ flawed humanity. None of the choices available to the protagonists are good ones, and the many “what would you do in this scenario?” questions the film poses keep the story compelling when the kidnapping plot itself ventures into formula.
