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I Am Not An Animal
SERIES: Sundance, Wednesday 11:00p (30 minutes)

I Am Not An Animal
Critic Score
Metascore: 73 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.2 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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Starring Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, Simon Pegg, Arthur Mathews, Amelia Bullmore, and Kevin Eldon

This six-episode surrealist animated British series centers on five animals in a vivisection lab who speak English and keep up on the latest celebrity gossip.

GENRE(S): Animation, Comedy
CREATED BY: Peter Baynham
FIRST AIR DATE: October 5, 2005

What The Critics Said

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80
LA Weekly Robert Abele
Its mix of twisted laughs and surrealist visuals smacks of something you’d see between Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Harvey Birdman on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim hours.
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80
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
Deep, dark and funny.
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80
Slate Dana Stevens
The show's overall effect falls somewhere between dystopic science fiction and the cheerfully sicko sensibility of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup. But unlike, say, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I Am Not an Animal styles itself as social satire.
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50
The New York Times Ned Martel
Connoisseurs of animation and British comedy will delight in the warped innovations of "Animal," but to those with humbler tastes and less patience the series will induce more yawns than howls.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tisha B gave it a10:
I love this show. I wish they would do another season!!! There's nothing else out there like it.

ali m gave it a10:
I LOOOOVE THIS SHOW !!!!!

George H. gave it a7:
Confusing and muddled narrative but somewhere in the mix there might be an actually entertaining show. Interesting characters will make me come back for more viewings.

bob c gave it a9:
Surreal animation and dark humor. Will appeal to many of the viewers in its time-slot, especially on Sundance. Photo-montage and traditional drawing make for amazing characters, but the abstractness may scare the kids if they are up late. Very Enjoyable.

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