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The Animal
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The Animal
(Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment)
DVD Release Date: October 30, 2001
Length: 83 mins.
Rated: PG-13
Format: Widescreen (1.85:1)
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentaries, Deleted scenes, Interactive Game, Filmographies, Theatrical Trailers

While it mostly consisted of PG laughs, I found this movie enjoyable to watch. Star Rob Schneider provided all the physical laughs while Colleen Haskell just did what she does best, be cute. Everyone else joined in with great lines, especially those from cameo appearances. This nice mixture worked pretty good. Though the story was ridiculous, who cares! It's a comedy.

Extras on this disc included, two descent behind-the-scenes type featurettes, a bunch of unfunny deleted scenes, filmographies, and some trailers from this and other comedies (including the underrated, The Cable Guy). There was also a feature to jump to deleted scenes as they came up during the movie. For commentaries, there were two. One by director Luke Greenfield which was slightly informative, and one by Schneider which was full of anecdotes and an entertaining listen.

As I said, enjoyable. But from what I've gathered listening to the commentaries, there could of been a much better version if they hadn't cut scenes for the ratings board. Ummm, unrated version?


The Movie: 6/10
The Extras: 5/10

Recommendation: Rent This One

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