Originally published on Little White Lies.

Apparently, Millennials are defined by their reluctance to ‘grow up’. Sophie Hyde’s Animals, adapted from Emma Jane Unsworth’s eponymous 2014 novel, challenges this divisive stereotype head on. Chronicling the lives of best friends Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat), the film is a poignant reflection on a generation’s delayed transition into adulthood, as well as the inherent conflicts of modern feminism and the coming-of-age narrative itself...