SAINT

Animal is a movie that is very misguided and poorly executed. I don't recommend this film to anyone. My best description of this film is to imagine a 12-year-old reading The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and having the tools and resources to produce a movie based on their limited cognitive functioning through their still underdeveloped critical analysis skills, reading comprehension and abstract reasoning. It's like a child that thinks they understand adult topics, and to some degree, they touch the surface level but fail to read the fine print and reach under the iceberg to master the subject and theme truthfully. The first scene with the alpha male and omega talk had me wheezing internally because it seems Western imperialistic attitudes toward misogyny and chauvinism have proliferated in Bollywood entertainment. Indian society is pretty patriarchal, but this seemed like it was going backwards in time in a Eurocentric way. Did anyone consult a psychologist, sociologist or even an anthropologist? RK explains that alpha men dominate, utilizing some very peculiar and skewed scientific and sociological facts to use it as an excuse to convince G to come to him. In some feudalistic societies, some women were hunter-gatherers, whereas some men performed other related chores like gathering herbs and cooking. So this alpha and omega male talk doesn't exist everywhere. Hence, RK's subjective reasoning was not objective nor truthful at all--it was merely an attempt to manipulate and try to sound smarter than his character actually was. (I will provide APA citations for those exciting studies if anyone is curious). The point is that gender roles are socially constructed, varying in their physical manifestations cross-culturally. Moreover, this "alpha" talk is an excuse to justify and increase toxic masculinity. Why did Ranbir Kapoor agree to star in this film? And Anil Kapoor, too? They're capable of so much better, dear God.