John Maguire on Film

Director Sophie Hyde's 'Animals' is a disordered celebration of the enduring bonds of female friendship that feels like it’s trying too hard to capture a mood of hedonism

Alia Shawkat and Holliday Grainger in Animals

Animals: Directed by Sophie Hyde, Nationwide, 16,Rating: ***

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Growing up is hard to do in Sophie Hyde’s freewheeling dramaAnimals. A pair of hard-living, co-dependent best friends in their early 30s take stock of their debauched lives slinking around the pubs and clubs of Dublin and think hard about the direction in which they want to point their futures.

Local Laura (Holliday Grainger) works ...