I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Admirable film.

Absolutely the worst movie.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

When l watched this comedy for first time in 2003 on cable TV l'd rated 7/10 now revisiting movies l pick up Animal and after 14 years l'd change and didn't think the movie like before....Animal is a creative premise to a good comedy basically because this an original story but all others situations and the overkill of Schneider's action really spoiled the movie Apart Edward Asner the cast didn't help to much some cameo appearances is very funny like Norm MacDonald (which l like his work) as man with torch,so this movie is not bad and not so good,but different it really is!!!

I'm not really sure why so many people seem to have a collective downer on this movie. It's a comedy for crying out loud. Are they really expecting Oscar winning acting, or expecting people to walk away shaking their heads in amazement? I personally believe the people that dislike this are people with superiority complexes whom don't know their ass from their elbow. How hard is it to sit down with a beer and relax, take something on it's own merits rather than make a conscious effort to try and feel intellectually superior to it. And whilst I agree I didn't love it, I still liked and respected it for it's own value.

What a disaster! Rob Schneider has long overstayed his welcome riding on the coat tails of Adam Sandler. He really should be confined to cameo parts in which he plays an assortment of characters who, in various, but unconvincing accents, screams out " You can do it!" at inconsequential points in the plot.In a sick melding of plot borrowings from the "6-milion dollar man", an assortment of werewolf movies and any loser-makes-good movie you can think of, "The Animal" tells the story of a committed do-gooder, who suffers a terrible accident, only to be resurrected with awesome powers and faced with a challenge which must either be overcome before the end of the movie's running time, or in the sequel, depending on how good the test audience ratings are.This film really should never have been made...if anything it's really more YouTube material. And if you are going to make vehicles for actors, then at least ensure that they are actors worth transporting. The cute chick who lost Survivor and Adam Sandler's buddy is a film student's home movie project we can all do without.Schneider has reprised this role a few times since (think "Deuce Bigalow" and "The Hot Chick") and so I have every reason to believe we haven't seen the last of this recurring character...and that's when a comedy becomes a tragedy.

Ain't it hilarious when an average schmo leading a pathetic life suddenly has something outrageously magical happen to him, turning his life upside down and causing him to learn a few valuable lessons along the way? That formula never gets old, does it? It's such a sure fire way to make a classic film! Just look at major hits like Liar Liar and Big!... This must have been Rob Schneider's line of thinking when he made semi-successful Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and followed it with The Animal. Since I've already traced the plot through sarcasm, allow me to color it in more: Schneider plays a loser cop who's suddenly involved in a tragic accident but is saved through surgery... by a loopy veterinarian who loads him up with animal parts, causing him to whinny like a horse at inappropriate times, run like a cheetah, etc. This movie is slightly more likable than other Schneider-starring flicks (such as another lame same-plot follow-up The Hot Chick), but it almost feels like they want audiences to hate it by casting a reality TV star as the romantic lead (Colleen Haskell from "Survivor") and inserting a cameo by Norm MacDonald. My favorite scene... just does not exist. Sorry - nothing memorably good except the production value. I just want to end this review by saying that slight references to other movies in a movie can be okay, but when it comes to lines being delivered the exact same way ("You can DO it!"), there's a word for that - "milking." Actually, here's another word - "cheap."