The Animal

Plot

After receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.

Release Year: 2001

Rating: 4.6/10 (25,362 voted)

Critic's Score: 43/100

Director:
Luke Greenfield

Stars: Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley

Storyline
From the producers of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow comes The Animal, about a small, wimpy Marvin, who doesn't have what it takes to fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he's critically injured in a car accident and a deranged scientist secretly uses animal organs to rebuild him. Energized by his new parts, Marvin leaves his weakness behind and achieves instant fame as a supercop. Now a hero, life is going great for Marvin until his animal instincts start taking over his body at all the wrong times. Marvin struggles to remain civilized and be a perfect gentleman with his new love, Rianna in a series of hilarious situations that would drive any animal crazy.

Writers: Tom Brady, Tom Brady

Cast:

Rob Schneider
–

Marvin

Colleen Haskell
–

Rianna

John C. McGinley
–

Sgt. Sisk

Edward Asner
–

Chief Wilson

Michael Caton
–

Dr. Wilder

Louis Lombardi
–

Fatty

Guy Torry
–

Miles

Bob Rubin
–

Bob Harris

Pilar Schneider
–

Mrs. De La Rosa

Scott Wilson
–

Mayor

Raymond Ma
–

Mr. Tam

Michael Papajohn
–

Patrolman Brady

Ron Roggé
–

Patrolman Jaworski

(as Ron Rogge)

Holly Maples
–

Elkerton Police Officer

Henriette Mantel
–

Elkerton Police Officer

Taglines:
The producing team of 'Big Daddy' has delivered another winner!

Details

Official Website:
Columbia/Mediatrip |

Release Date: 1 June 2001

Filming Locations: Agoura Hills, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $22,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $19,610,520
(USA)
(3 June 2001)
(2788 Screens)

Gross: $55,762,229
(USA)
(26 August 2001)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

In June, 2001 Newsweek revealed that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including this one and
A Knight's Tale contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist. The fake critic, "David Manning," was actually a friend by the same name in Connecticut who had agreed to let his Columbia ad-marketing friend use his name. Manning was misrepresented as a reviewer for a newspaper in the small Connecticut town of Ridgefield.

Goofs:

Continuity:
The roof of Marvin's car was flattened by the boulder. After the surgery, the roof was only half flattened.

Quotes:

Marvin Mange:
Freeze Puke. Put down that VCR. Put it down. Oh you bought it did you?… Oh you have a receipt do you?… My mistake… I'm new on the force.

User Review

Exactly what I expected…

Rating: 7/10

Let me preface by saying I am a fan of Rob Schneider, and of Adam Sandler.
I enjoyed Deuce Bigalow, and all (except for Big Daddy) of Adam Sandler's
movies. So I basically was expecting some (Ok, a lot) of low-brow humor, a
decent plot to keep rolling through, and to laugh throughout the movie.
This movie provided just that. It wasn't the greatest comedy in the world,
or a landmark motion picture, and it wasn't made to be that. Colleen
Haskell's skills at acting reminded me of when they put a "famous" non-actor
on Saturday Night Live, and don't give them too much to do in the skits.
She's only in the movie probably a total of 15 minutes, but does what they
ask of her, and does a decent job of it. The movie is a hoot, and doesn't
actually stoop to every joke being a f**t joke. I laughed about every 3-4
minutes, and enjoyed the ending as well. If you're expecting something
similar to Deuce Bigalow, you won't be disappointed.