What is the iRankMovies score for Animal Farm?

Name: Animal Farm
Director: Joy Batchelor
Genre: animation, drama
Released: 1954
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 7.2

Animal Farm has an iRankMovies score of 70/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Animal Farm (1954)

He's got the world in an UPROAR!

Release:1954

Runtime:1h 13m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Joy Batchelor, John Halas

Language:English

Genre

AnimationDrama

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Keywords

FarmcorruptionBased On Novel Or BookrevolutionGovernanceUprisingOppressionFable

iRank70

Animal Farm rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 21K votes

Rotten Tomatoes67%

TMDb7/10· 539 votes

With 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Animal Farm

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

Cast of Animal Farm

Gordon Heath
as Narrator (voice)
Maurice Denham
as All Animals (voice)

Animal Farm facts

Budget: $350K

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Faithful adaptation of political allegory translates source material effectively well
•Animation style suits darker thematic content of dystopian fable narrative
•Sophisticated satirical messaging appeals to audiences appreciating allegory