Fresh
Delightfully poetic for all of its ironic and allegorical subtleties.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Overview
When the circus leaves town, Zygmunt and Marysia unwittingly adopt a camel into their home. The couple quickly forms a close bond with the nameless camel, but as the bond grows stronger, their neighbors slowly begin to ostracize them.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It is whimsical, bittersweet, wise in a minor key.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Memorializes a complex man and his deceptively simple work, by a friend and colleague in a fitting tribute.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
It's a ludicrous yet haunting fable.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
Beyond its initial one-joke concept and heavy-handed allegory, The Big Animal doesn't have much to say, and even at 72 minutes it seems a bit padded out.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
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