Your Mommy Kills Animals lays things out with historical perspective, tracing the roots of both the animal welfare movement and animals rights activism to England.

| Nov 19, 2007

Johnson's not pushing buttons just for the sake of attention-getting, he's revealing just how hopelessly complicated the issue has grown.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2007

Worth seeing by anyone who cares about animals.

| Oct 12, 2007

Perhaps the greatest service Johnson does is to turn the event that spurred him to make the film -- the FBI labeling animal rights activists the top domestic terrorist threat -- into a crucial dialogue.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2007

There's not an objective one [celebrity] in the lot. I love 'em all. Nor is there an objective moment in this cinematic diatribe. And I love it, too.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 1, 2007

That one can't quite decide if these charming men are heroes or villains is a mark of Johnson's calm, even approach to an issue seemingly fueled by emotions run amok.

| Sep 27, 2007

Powerful, angry and bizarre documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 6, 2007

It isn't only organization that the mildly anarchic Your Mommy Kills Animals sorely lacks, it's also a sufficient number of sources.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2007

[A] snappily edited, shockingly well balanced (and occasionally gruesome) overview.

| Aug 20, 2007

Hard to beat that title, ain't it?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 15, 2007

Can't commit to an overview of the movement by looking at three groups or stick with the trial of the "SHAC 7." So an intriguing but too short tour of animal-rights issues is interrupted by a flatly chronicled court case.

Full Review | Aug 14, 2007

It's impossible to watch without having your point of view challenged - no matter which side of the issue you're on.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 6, 2007

Your Mommy Kills Animals is an eye-opener, raising tough questions about whether the movement deserves such intense scrutiny and punishment by the government.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2007

Interesting and sometimes dizzyingly freewheeling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 3, 2007

It lets you off dizzy and confused, whereas the best documentaries leave you feeling that you've come to a settled perspective on a subject.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 3, 2007

Those on both sides of the animal rights issue will find much to fume over in ... Curt Johnson's in-depth, eye-opening examination of the movement.

| Jul 26, 2007

Couldn't have arrived at a more timely moment, given the recent arrest of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on federal charges for hanging, drowning, electrocuting and beating dogs to death.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 22, 2007

It's the best kind of documentary, in that if you're a thinking person it is nearly impossible to watch the movie without having your point of view challenged and questioned.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 20, 2007

the most accessible, thorough chronicle of animal rights ever put to film.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 19, 2007

What feels like a lack of propaganda makes the film all the more cogent, intelligent, and powerful.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2007