Only the Animals<\/em>\u00a0transforms, during its last act, into a sort of international cyber thriller, albeit one that tries to ground itself in real-world problems and emotional gravitas. Unlike Moll’s breakout debut,\u00a0With a Friend Like Harry…<\/em>, which drew comparisons to Hitchcock, or his last film,\u00a0News From Planet Mars<\/em>, this one has very little dark comedy in it and seems to be probing the grimmer side of contemporary life. At the same time, what ultimately happens to Alice, Michel, Evelyne, Marion and Armand \u2014 regular people caught in something much bigger than themselves \u2014 is not without its own irony, though it’s one less tinged with laughter than regret.<\/p>\n