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When Armin Sonntag has an encounter with a nasty alien as a child, he grows up devoting his life to trying to convince the rest of the world that life really does exist in outer space. Unfortunately, he does this at the expense of his half-orphaned son Luis. By the age of twelve, Luis even has to bake his own birthday cake – poor lad.
★★★★
As a piece of filmmaking, American Animals is as audacious as the noughties heist it both dramatises and documents. It is, mercifully, a great deal sharper and more intelligent than that foiled plot, weaving a story that compels and excites, whilst reflecting on the very nature of white male privilege. Gripping stuff.
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