History Film / AnimalKingdom

* AffablyEvil: Janine, Joshua's grandmother. [[spoiler: Edges her way into FauxAffablyEvil territory when she puts out a hit on her own grandson]]. Pope tries to be this way, but he's quite creepy.
* AmoralAttorney: Naturally, the Cody family has one of these on speed-dial. Ezra is a particularly despicable example, being complicit in Craig's drug dealing [[spoiler: and the family plot to kill Joshua]].
** They get another one later in the film [[spoiler: to coach Josh into appearing to be an unreliable witness]]
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Baz]] is killed off suddenly and unexpectedly, and by the end of the film [[spoiler: Craig, Pope and in the most unexpected case, Nicky, have all been killed in shocking and unexpected manners]].

* CorruptCop: Detective Roache takes drugs and money from the Cody family in exchange for information about police activities. [[spoiler: He's later blackmailed by Janine into trying to assassinate Joshua]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Nicky dies for nothing and Joshua's corruption is complete by killing Pope in order to fit in the animal kingdom that their criminal family inhabits.]]

* FeudingFamilies: Joshua has had almost no contact with the rest of his family due to an inconsequential drunken argument his mother had with Janine. [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that Joshua's mother merely used this as an excuse to let her son escape a life of crime at their hands]]. To a lesser extent, the Cody brothers are often at odds with, if not directly fighting, each other.

* HeroicBSOD: Inverted with Joshua, who seems to be in a BSOD state for most of the film until [[spoiler: he learns Pope murdered his girlfriend,]] at which point he breaks down sobbing. As we've seen him shrug off the death of friends and even ''his mother'' it's [[TearJerker telling of the feelings he had for Nicky]].

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Joshua dumps Nicky for he own safety after an increasingly paranoid Pope suspects she may have been talking to the police. [[spoiler: It doesn't help.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Janine may qualify since [[spoiler: she survives through the film and successfully corrupts her grandson Joshua. Possibly subverted in that her two oldest sons were killed, but it seems that she understandably wasn't all that fond of Pope, and treated Craig more as a household pet than a son.]] On the other hand, she does seem genuinely devastated by [[spoiler: Darren's catatonic, traumatized state after [[NoodleIncident unspecified events]] during his stint in prison.]]
** Det. Leckie thinks that she'll eventually mess up and get what's coming to her.[[spoiler: Her grandson killing her son while under her roof might qualify.]]

** By the end, [[spoiler: a thoroughly jail-raped Darren]] becomes this, complete with a borderline-thumbsucking habit.

* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: [[spoiler: Barry's death at the hands of the armed robbery unit. They shout, "He's got a gun!" just before executing him]].

* TheStoic: Joshua goes through most of the film with a gormless expression on his face and seems only to react dimly to stimuli. [[spoiler: He finally loses it, crying alone in a toilet, after Pope kills his girlfriend. This also seems to be the moment he ''TookALevelInBadass.'']]

* FamousLastWords: "It's a crazy fucking world."

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With Creator/GuyPearce as the only recognisable actor for most western audiences, the film has garnered a great deal of critical acclaim for its script, acting and cinematography (and won the Sundance Grand Jury prize for drama) despite a meagre budget of only $1 million AUD. Notable for its gritty, oppressive atmosphere and distinctly Australian characters and black sense of humour.

With Creator/GuyPearce as the only recognisable actor for most western audiences, the film has garnered a great deal of critical acclaim for its script, acting and cinematography (and won the Sundance Grand Jury prize for drama) despite a meagre budget of only million. Notable for its gritty, oppressive atmosphere and distinctly Australian characters and black sense of humour.

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It is not related to 1932 Hollywood film ''Film/TheAnimalKingdom''.

''A note to those who follow the TV adaptation that several of the film's tropes, through, are not found or are different in the US TV series''.