Your Mommy Kills Animals
Your Mommy Kills Animals | |
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Directed by | Curt Johnson |
Written by | Curt Johnson |
Produced by | Maura Flynn Curt Johnson |
Cinematography | Anthony Rodriguez |
Edited by | Greg Browning |
Music by | Gregory Scarnici |
Production company | Indie Genius Productions |
Distributed by | HALO 8 Entertainment |
Release date | July 20, 2007 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Your Mommy Kills Animals is a 2007 American
Among those interviewed for the documentary were
Filming began in January 2006, covering 17 states in 90 days, and was in editing by April of that year.[6]
The film is inspired by a political comic book Your Mommy Kills Animals published by
Lawsuits
Maura Flynn and Curt Johnson agreed to make a documentary film which would focus on
Synopsis
The film reports on controversies concerning and within the animal rights movement. These include external conflicts between animal rights advocates and medical researchers and restaurant operators, and internal disagreements within the animal rights movement between the animal shelter operators and the confrontationalists who demonstrate outside homes of corporate opponents.
Recognition
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 91% score based on 35 reviews with an average rating of 7.60/10. The site's critical consensus states "[Your Mommy Kills Animals is a] thoroughly fascinating, well-presented examination of the animal rights debate that is both provocative and thought-provoking".[8]
Variety reviewer John Anderson called the documentary "A miraculously evenhanded treatment of a snarlingly divisive debate," adding "There are no good guys or bad guys in this propulsive film, but there's enough in the way of odd characters and bad behavior to amuse and inform auds who only marginally care about the content."[1]
Peter Martin of Cinematical wrote that the director explored the animal rights movement as inspired by "a post-9/11 FBI alert identifying animal rights activists as the number one domestic terror threat," and that he interviewed both activists and detractors alike in order to gain "as many points of view as possible."[4]
Brian Dorf of eFilm Critic observed that Curt Johnson showed "a stance of directorial bravery that is seldom showcased," and appeared to not be "taking a side towards either extreme." He offered that the film "holds its ground impressively trying to tenderly extract points from both sides of the argument." In his review summary, he wrote that the film "is a difficult movie to watch, but an important one to consider."[10]
Screenings
Your Mommy Kills Animals has played at multiple film festivals, including
References
- ^ a b Anderson, John (April 24, 2007). "review: Your Mommy Kills Animals". Variety. variety.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ a b Anderson, Jason (2 August 2007). "review: Your Mommy Kills Animals". eyeweekly.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ a b Schieron, Sara (July 16, 2007). "review: Your Mommy Kills Animals". Slant Magazine. slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ a b Martin, Peter (July 12, 2007). "Doc Your Mommy Kills Animals Gets Distribution". Cinematical. cinematical.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Sasano, Mari (9 August 2007). "inerview of Curt Johnson". See Magazine. seemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior District Judge. (1:07-cv-00039-TSE-TRJ) Argued: December 4, 2008 Decided: March 6, 2009" (PDF). pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ Paris, Barry (September 7, 2007). "Film Clips: Documentary puts objectivity on a leash". post-gazette.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Dorf, Brian (June 8, 2007). "review, Your Mommy Kills Animals". eFilm Critic. efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 17 July 2010.