{
  "id": 12980060,
  "title": "‘Animals’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Tedious New Netflix Thriller Is Quite Literally Just Bad TV",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/animals-review-ben-afflecks-tedious-new-netflix-thriller-is-quite",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-08T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/animals-netflix-movie-review-ben-affleck-1235220824/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The director of \"Argo\" and \"The Town\" also stars as an embattled mayoral candidate in an LA kidnapping movie that lacks the visual flair and propulsive storytelling of his other work.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘Animals’ Review: Ben Affleck And Kerry Washington Fight A Lot In Netflix Kidnap Thriller That Is Stretched Too Thin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/animals-review-ben-affleck-and-kerry-washington-fight-a-lot-in",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "‘Animals’ Review: Ben Affleck Directs and Stars Opposite Kerry Washington in a Thriller Full of Juicy Elements That Should Be a Lot Tastier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/animals-review-ben-affleck-directs-and-stars-opposite-kerry",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Animals’ Review: Ben Affleck Returns to the Director’s Chair for a Nasty, Compulsive Kidnapping Thriller",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/animals-review-ben-affleck-returns-to-the-directors-chair-for-a-nasty",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:05:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}