Animals (2022 film)

Scicopaths is a 2022 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Shyamalan and Judd Apatow. A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by Blinding Edge Pictures and Apatow Productions. It was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars McKenna Grace, Dakota Fanning, Collin Dean, Kristen Wiig, Paul Rudd and Jonah Hill. The film was highly acclaimed by both critics and audiences who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and the science fiction film genre. Scicopaths is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. The film received numerous accolades; it won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards, where it won all awards for which it was nominated, including Best Director and Best Visual Effects. This remains the most Academy Awards won by a single film, and is the current record for the highest clean sweep at the Oscars.

Cast
McKenna Grace as Linda Hendrickson

Dakota Fanning as Caitlin Anderson

Collin Dean as Mark Johnson

Kristen Wiig as Jennifer Hendrickson

Paul Rudd as Seth Hendrickson

Jonah Hill as Gary

Craig Robinson as Lenny

Release
The film was released on June 3, 2022.

Music
The film's score was composed by Shyamalan's frequent collaborator James Newton Howard, who worked with Shyamalan beginning with The Sixth Sense (1999) to After Earth (2013). Howard's score is a mixture of orchestral and synthwave elements.

Transcript
Scicopaths/Transcript

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Critical reception
The film holds an approval rating of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes.