Animal Kingdom

Jun 3, 2010

1h 53m

★ 6.8

A crime story

Overview

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Porchlight Films

Screen Australia

Film Victoria

Screen NSW

Fulcrum Media Finance

Showtime Australia

Animal Kingdom Trailers

Cast

Andrew 'Pope' Cody

Ben Mendelsohn

Barry 'Baz' Brown

Joel Edgerton

Nathan Leckie

Guy Pearce

Darren Cody

Luke Ford

Janine 'Smurf' Cody

Jacki Weaver

Craig Cody

Sullivan Stapleton

Joshua 'J' Cody

James Frecheville

Ezra White

Dan Wyllie

Detective Justin Norris

Anthony Hayes

Nicky Henry

Laura Wheelwright

Catherine Brown

Mirrah Foulkes

Detective Randall Roache

Justin Rosniak

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