The highly anticipated revenge drama featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Bobby Deol, titled Animal, was finally released on December 1st. The movie, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, also stars Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna in pivotal roles. Centred around a strained relationship between a father and son, Anil Kapoor portrays the emotionally distant father, while Ranbir Kapoor portrays the troubled and resentful son. Despite the toxicity in their relationship, Ranbir's character is conditioned to believe that his father is the 'greatest father' in existence.
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has given the film an A certificate, designating it suitable for adults only, with an approved runtime of 3 hours and 21 minutes (201 minutes). Viewers are still queueing up for the film and sharing their reviews, and initial reactions, check out some of them here.
Animal Twitter Review
A viewer described the film as excessively violent, gory, and wild! However, he found the storyline to be extremely engaging. He also praised Ranbir Kapoor's commitment to his role as Ranvijay Singh Balbir.
#Animal 1st half:-
— ANMOL JAMWAL (@jammypants4) December 1, 2023
VIOLENT, GORY & BATSHIT CRAZY!
Other than some unnecessary grotesque details, the journey has been so engaging till now! #RanbirKapoor𓃵 as Ranvijay Singh Balbir has given everything to this role
The interval block & Arjan Vailly had the crowd go WILD!
ANIMAL is ferocious. Vanga lifts his action sensibilities from S. Craig Zahler and Park Chan-wook, daddy issues from The Fabelmans and Udaan, and misogyny from himself, creating a feral concoction of blood and hate. Was shocked at the rawdogging scene between Bobby and Ranbir.
— de little delulu show (@MrNarci) December 1, 2023
According to a user, Vanga's writing is refreshingly original, making the film a grand epic action drama.
#Animal intrigues you from the very first scene. The action sequences provide a pure adrenaline rush, and the background score is bloody good. Sandeep's writing is as original as it can get.
— A (@Iwatchfilmsss) December 1, 2023
Vanga just delivered a mammoth sized epic action drama. Go watch it!#AnimalTheFilm
A viewer observed that Animal diverged from conventional storytelling, offering a fresh and unique narrative. She highlighted the presence of impactful and thought-provoking scenes.
Definitely not a conventional storytelling it felt new & original .Some hard hitting debatable scenes. Ranbir just nailed his performance throughout. Rashmika too nailed it especially in the confrontation scene with Ranbir.#Animal
— Cherry (@vennelajabili) December 1, 2023
#Animal - A total train wreck. Good 1st half followed by unbearable 2nd half makes this a tedious watch. Ranbir has carried the entire movie with his brilliant performance but one can actually see shades of Arjun Reddy and Sanju in some scenes. The much hyped Bobby's role was a… pic.twitter.com/KshJruOIMG
— Radoo🌶️ (@Chandan_radoo) December 1, 2023