Movie · 2026 · Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Science Fiction · 1h 36m · PG · English
Curator score: 0.1/10 (14.5K ratings)
It's time for these animals to stand and fight.
Overview
A group of farm animals rise up against their neglectful owner, dreaming of equality and freedom. But as the pigs take control, the revolution turns into tyranny, with truth rewritten and dissent crushed.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.1/10
IMDb: 2.8/10
Letterboxd: 1.71/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 28%
Metacritic: 33
TMDB: 6.2/10
Director
Andy Serkis
Production
Aniventure, The Imaginarium, Cinesite Animation
Cast
Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Andy Serkis, Kathleen Turner, Iman Vellani, Lyra Abrahamson, Victoria Ardoin, Melli Bond, Peter Brooke, Kelly Burke, Matthew Chong, Elijah Isaiah Cook, Zachary Gradek, Adaeze Ifeyinwa
Where to watch
Angel Studios
Curator Review
Verdict
A bluntly satirical premise is undercut by broad, juvenile comedy and a tone that many viewers found to be more obnoxious than incisive. The result sounds less like a sharp Orwell adaptation and more like a noisy, self-sabotaging parody of one.
Best for
Viewers curious about notorious literary adaptations
Fans of irreverent, gag-heavy animation
People who enjoy watching ambitious failures for the discourse
Skip if
You want a faithful or serious Orwell adaptation
You dislike crude humor in political satire
You prefer animation with restraint, atmosphere, or emotional depth
Overview
Animal Farm has one of the great built-in premises for political allegory, and this version seems to understand the outline of Orwell’s warning even when it loses the point in execution. The core story of a revolution curdling into authoritarianism is still potent, but the surrounding comedy appears to flatten the menace into a barrage of cheap jokes and pop-culture noise.
Worth noting
That mismatch is what sinks it. Instead of sharpening the satire, the film reportedly keeps reaching for winks, slapstick, and modern references that make the material feel smaller and less timeless. The result may provoke laughter, but often for the wrong reasons, and not in a way that serves the book’s bleak intelligence.
Bottom line
If you’re fascinated by adaptation trainwrecks or enjoy seeing a classic text collide with aggressively broad studio comedy, there may be some grim entertainment here. But for most viewers, this looks like a missed opportunity: a famous cautionary tale turned into something more irritating than alarming.
Top Letterboxd reviews
James (Schaffrillas) (1★) · 3702 likes
I'm going to be honest this was significantly better than I was expecting
Channel 10½ · 2475 likes
Thank you, CIA. Very cool.
Rebecca (1.5★) · 1544 likes
Fart jokes in an Orwell adaptation is not something I expected… or needed.
(Un)happy to be at their first screening!
Spencer (0.5★) · 1382 likes
Things that happen:
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Napoleon twerking his porked up ass
-A fucking rap cover of "Old McDonald Had A Farm"
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Naughty juice
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Napoleon ripping a fat one
-Ouchie Ouchie Ouchie Ouch
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Pop song
-Seth Rogen laugh twice
-Steve Buscemi human steps in shit
-Pissed pants joke
-CYBER TRUCK?!?!?
-Horse manure joke
-More pig twerking
-Babe reference
-Seth Rogen laugh
-BORING DONKEY!
-Piggy rave party
-Lucky playing fucking CANDY CRUSH… more Things that happen:
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Napoleon twerking his porked up ass
-A fucking rap cover of "Old McDonald Had A Farm"
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Naughty juice
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Napoleon ripping a fat one
-Ouchie Ouchie Ouchie Ouch
-Seth Rogen laugh
-Pop song
-Seth Rogen laugh twice
-Steve Buscemi human steps in shit
-Pissed pants joke
-CYBER TRUCK?!?!?
-Horse manure joke
-More pig twerking
-Babe reference
-Seth Rogen laugh
-BORING DONKEY!
-Piggy rave party
-Lucky playing fucking CANDY CRUSH… more
Annalise Adams (0.5★) · 1253 likes
I'm just going to go ahead and say what we're all thinking, because this right here is some bullshit. Why would you try to make this book kid-friendly? This book is intended to be dark for a reason; it's a commentary on things that still happen to this day. Not everything that gets remade for kids has to be kid-friendly. If the parents see an issue with it, that's on them. They are shielding their child from real-world situations, and… more I'm just going to go ahead and say what we're all thinking, because this right here is some bullshit. Why would you try to make this book kid-friendly? This book is intended to be dark for a reason; it's a commentary on things that still happen to this day. Not everything that gets remade for kids has to be kid-friendly. If the parents see an issue with it, that's on them. They are shielding their child from real-world situations, and… more