The Animal

The Animal (2001)

  • 30% of critics liked it
    (83 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (186,694 ratings)

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Rob Schneider stars in this comedy as Marvin Mage, a wimpy nebbish whose lifelong dreams of becoming a police officer are thwarted by his diminutive stature. But when Marvin is critically injured in an auto wreck, deranged scientist Dr. Wilder (Michael Caton)… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Tom Brady, Rob Schneider
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 1, 2001 Wide
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Certainly reeks like something produced from a squatting position.

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    The Animal is never more nor less than stupid, but stupid in ways that deliver goofiness rather than rampant humiliation.

  • Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle

    Let's hear it for stupendously dumb screen writing.

  • Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz

    Frequently it becomes boring.

  • Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

    No classic but far less offensive than the witless dross like See Spot Run that kids have endured on their time off.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    The Animal is yet another pointless Rob Schneider comedy that has maybe three actually funny scenes in the entire film. Unfortunately for Schneider, he's a terrible comedian. This film is awful and it's beyond me why this crap got made in the first place. I though that this… More

  • Matt G


    I laughed a lot, and that's the best I can say about this. It's sporadically entertaining, but still lacks what most Happy Madison films do; a decent script.

  • Dead A


    NOT funny!

  • EightThirty .


    15/10/2010 (TELEVISION) If you are in the mood for some childish humor then look no further, "Animal" just has what you wanna laugh at. I totally laughed right through this back in the days and it was a rather good re-watch. I may not laugh as hard as I did on my initial… More

  • KJ P


    The Animal does not do much, but when it delivers on it's ridiculously over-the-top stupidity, I LOVE IT! This movie is probably one of Rob Schneider's worst roles, but I laugh every time I was this film!

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