'My Animal,' starring Amandla Stenberg and Bobbi Salvör Menuez, doesn’t capitalize on the rich potential of this genre tale. Our SundanceFilmFestival review:
There is something initially arresting about My Animal, the feature debut from director Jacqueline Castel and writer Jae Matthews, that feels like it could have all the makings to be a sleeper hit at a festival like Sundance. After all, weaving a supernatural tale into a story that contains more personal reflections have made films that premiered there in the past into real standouts.
Believing she must hide a fundamental part of herself and her sexuality as a closeted queer woman from almost everyone, she is beginning to discover that this may drain her of all passion for life. This gets brought to the forefront when she meets the figure skater Jonny and begins going out late at night.
The problems that it then runs into primarily stem from how, for all the more potentially interesting ideas it plays around with, it is oddly restrained in a manner that is hard to shake. While some of this is by design, with Jonny representing a fantasy in Heather’s mind more than anything at several moments, there are still many instances where it feels far too slight in its storytelling. Rather than painting a full portrait, it resembles more of a sketch at key junctures.
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