Tom Arnold deserves uncomfortable kudos as the kind of sexual predator you hear about in prisons but hope you never encounter.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

An indictment of how we treat the lives of men deemed guilty and shipped to prison where they're packed in like sardines and forgotten about until their next court date.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 5, 2019

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

The opaque performances offer little in the way of shading.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 17, 2010

"Animal Factory" shows in unflinching scenes of stabbings, race riots, drug use, attempted rape, and constantly boiling chaotic violence, how hardened criminals are formed by incessant molding inside American penitentiaries.

| Original Score: A | May 16, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 22, 2004

What it does lack is a performance by Furlong that's the equal of Dafoe's.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 28, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2003

We may have seen this type of Animal before, but Furlong and Dafoe's work -- and Buscemi's honest, caring touch with these fringe-dwellers -- make it seem fresh.

| Original Score: B | Jan 16, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2002

there are two reasons to fast-forward this offering when it's released on video: (1) Mickey Rourke's over-the-top bejeweled drag queen and (2) Tom Arnold's truly rotten performance as a baddy who has the hots for boy-buns. Roseanne's finally gotten her re

Full Review | Nov 17, 2002

Prison flick from ex-con screenwriter is raw and realistic, with powerful acting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2002

A scary and unflinching look at prison life.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 9, 2002

Similar to "Shawshank", "Animal Factory" is a far-less-established outing, but never the less interesting. Without the weighty support cast it mightn't have been as intriguing though, because there's a lack of depth missing from the screenplay

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 20, 2002

The most disturbing thing in Animal Factory is watching sleepy Edward Furlong try to act.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 25, 2002