Many fell for the hype.So many claimed this was as hilarious as movies could get,others weren't easily amused by Robs cheap gags.
Overall "The Animal" had an original plot and decent enough jokes to pull you in.You can atleast watch this once and enjoy it.Watch it twice if you must, it gets old.

Rob Schneider plays Marvin a failure.He was taunted constently for his actions at trying to become a cop.Luck struck he got in a car accident and not only did he survive, but now felt like 250%.He became a new man kinda,after getting the needed gratitude some 'side effects' kick in.He didn't know what to expect, but knows he's acting like an animal literally.This leads to some funny slap stick comedy moments.These moments are the only few great moments in the film.The movie fell to short and seemed like Rob didn't do enough with such a good idea.

Rent it,borrow it from a friend who was suckered in to the hype,but don't buy it.(Unless you're a Rob Schneider enthusiast,then go for it)

Okay, I have nothing against Rob Schneider. I actually kinda like his cameos in Big Daddy and the others but this movie is lame by any standards. Zero repeat watchability.

The only redeeming quality that would maybe prompt a "fast forward" repeat viewing was the awesome and unexpected Norm Macdonald cameo. Now that was funny!! Why didn't ol' Norm ever do another movie after Dirty Work? Now there was a lame movie that was actually funny with another great cameo by Chevy Chase.

If your looking for cheap laughs and repeat watchablity, check out Dirty Work or The Private Eyes...

This movie is pretty fun. Pretty pointless - the plot revolves around the exploits of failed cop Marvin Mange who has a humungously bad car crash after swerving to avoid a performing seal in the middle of the road and is put together with animal parts by an eccentric scientist . If you have nothing better to do and the opportunity comes up to watch this film, go ahead, I wouldn't bother purchasing it.

Incidentally, although it falls in to the wide band of 'gross out movies', it is not actually as gross as some of the more extreme offerings in this ouevre. Probably the most 'obscene' scene is Schneider licking his own private parts. Is that so shocking?

Overall - Inoffensive, harmless, fairly funny and mildly entertaining.

Rob Schneider is okay, but let me make this perefectly clear, I do not like movies with monkeys in them. Collen Haskell is in her first film. She was a CBS SURVIVOR contestant on the very first SURVIVOR show. She did not win, but she did get the role with Rob Schneider in this film. With a good fresh face and a refreshing innocence about her, we can see why she was cast.
Rob Schneider was a player on NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1990-94.
Norm Macdonald was a player on NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1993-98. Norm plays a hunter in this film.
Instead of this film, watch AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981).
Adam Sandler was one of the Executive Producers on this one. That should tell you something.
DVD includes two audio commentaries, a 21-minute Comedy Central Network program on the making of "The Animal".
In "Special Features", "Badger Delivery", turn on this feature for cutting-room floor deleted scenes to appear when you click on the icon during the film.

I saw this is the movies a few years ago and this is what I have to say about it:

I was having a really bad day. I wanted to see this "Hilarious hit" everyone was talking about. I realized that this wasn't playing anymore in the big theatres, so I went to this low budget old theatre right next to the big one. The carpet was wet, (...)and there were absolutely nobody there to take you're tickets or anything. It was practically free. So when I sat down and watched the movie, I wanted to leave so so badly because it was just horrible.

The jokes are stupid, Rob scheinder is just a terrible actor, I think. Same thing with his "Hot chick" movie. But what really I hated about this was the ending. I DON'T WANT AN ENDING LIKE THAT! DO NOT but this movie! It is the worst thing money can truly buy.

It's rather amusing to read these smouldering reviews littered with mines of "tasteless humor" and "toilet jokes." Come on, guys. It's Rob Schneider with animal parts grafted into his body. What is there to expect? Of course he's going to hump mailboxes and sniff crotches. That's what's so funny!

I think that this is Rob Schneider acting randomly and dynamically with the energy and force of free-moving electrons. Just hillarious. It's not the kind of humor you're pround to say you enjoy, but hey. It's very amusing and entertaining to watch on a dreary day.

So come on. If you are so quick to call this movie "tasteless" and the like, you obviously don't know Rob Schneider. He IS tasteless, he IS random and silly. That's what we love about his acting.

I admit it...I laughed a lot during this movie, and wanted to slap myself for doing so. Much of the humor borders on tasteless and inane, but I think the movie appeals to people because it is so dumb. Kind of reminds you a little of the antics of the Three Stooges, with one stooge. Rob Schneider does the physical comedy well and his put upon countenance endears him to you..you want him to succeed. Colleen Haskell was thrown off the island in the first SURVIVOR and landed in this movie...she's definitely a cutie with an engaging smile but I haven't seen her in any movies lately? Hmmm..
John C. McGinley, one of our most gifted character actors, beefed up to play the macho cop; he does a fine job, but I don't know how he breathed in those tight shirts.
Some of the animal jokes are hilarious, if crude. But since this is what we usually get with Schneider, one can only claim this as one of life's guilty pleasures.

a good example of Schneider's talent. My fave of his movies next to The Hot Chick.

Yeah, this movie is kind of dumb, but that's what makes is so great. No, it's not going to be a masterpiece of the silver screen. C'mon, what were you expecting, it stars Rob Schneider. If you don't like slap-stick comedy, you will not enjoy this movie.

I thought this movie was hilarious. Just watch it for the sheer purpose of watching a funny, dumb movie. It's not serious. :c) RELAX!

If you didn't throughly understand my headline let me reiterate... THIS MOVIE IS AWFUL!
Propbably one of the worst movies I've ever seen! I didn't even laugh once! The jokes are dumb, and the comedic timing is so off its sad. AND THE ENDING IS SOOOOOOO STUPID! This is probably Rob Schneider's worst film by far. Painful to watch!

its a comedy with a hot gunbarrell pointed to your head begging for a good shot, this is what it was like fot me, good awful and my head hurt. though the funniest part is when he slaps the goat on the ass and it kicks his back, but otherwise, ahhhhhhh, (click)...(gunshot)..no more please. horrible acting and Colleen Haskell(Survivor) is cute but doesnt cut the fact that theres no story to this one. bury me now.

my fave rob schnieder took a backwards step with this so / so movie. funny but flawed.

My kids aged 7, 11 and 14 absolutely loved this movie.

I have enjoyed his other movie, the Deuce Bigalow, but this one, the Animal, was slightly dissapointing to me. Especially one thing, the car accident, was too unrealistic. Some slapstick-type situations were very funny and in genereal I was laugihnig from time to time. I was really upset by the Regional Coding Enhancement protection on this dvd, because of which I could not watch it on my US-bought Apex 600 dvd and I had to use pc-dvd player. Shame on the distributoor! Is this a way to fight piracy? For me it is just a turn-off.

When Marvin Mange is involved in a fatal car accident, he is brought back to life as half man half animal. With his newly formed animal features, we are expected to laugh at the gags that happen as a result. But all these gags do is attempt to make the viewer less intelligent. This film heavily relies on toilet humour and it's target audience seems to be aimed at younger kids. Are adults really expected to laugh at this low class humour? If we do, we should be ashamed of ourselves!
Utter tripe.

This is a light hearted movie great for a boring afternoon. It made for laugh over five times out loud so I guess I enjoyed it. I think Rob Sneider is hilarious, when emulating a dolphin, or cleaning himself like a cat, it's a major crack-up. And being a huge fan of "Survivor", it was great to see Colleen Haskell in a movie. She is actually a pretty good actress. "The Animal" will put you in a good mood, it's a funny movie with alot of laughs.

Rob Schneider is under-rated for being one of many SNL castoffs. People say the SNL bunch is untalented and rely on physical, stupid humor to float their movies--yeah that's true, but with the exception of Rob Schneider. Schneider is the ultimate goofy nice guy, and maybe it's because of that other goofy nice guy, Adam Sandler, we just skip over him because of the deficiency in the category. Maybe we are skipping some of the funniest material ever made.

The Animals main faults are in the sad casting of Colleen from Survivor as his love interest--this woman cannot act; the reliance on bestiality to catch a few laughs--which I personally don't mind, I think it's hilarious to see him smack a goat's buttox as long as its a female; and the mediocre job of directing. Otherwise, for plot, it's hilarious.

This movie is so funny!!! I watched it 3 times and I laughed every time... Rob Schneider is such a great character actor! I really recommend it!

Don't rent this DVD and certainly DON'T BUY IT! Animal is terrible. The Movie has no point at all, plus isn't even funny. Don't touch this movie. Horrible, pitifull. It deserves a half a star!

If you like fart jokes, pee jokes, beastiality humor, you'll love this movie. Colleen Haskell (Survivor 1) is rather stiff and has no acting talent but some one had to fill the role of an animal loving love interest.

Ed Asner is very convincing as the ditzy chief of police and has some very funny momments ("I used to eat out of garbage cans, too").

Over all, one of Rob's best efforts to date.

IT IS REALLY SHORT. AND THERE IS NO POINT IN THE MOVIE.
DON'T SEE IT. IT IS THE 4TH WORST MOVIE I EVER SAW.

On the special features menu go to "who is marvin" and hit enter. Hit enter again on the picture of his face. After the clip plays a menu will appear. Highlight the lion and hit up twice (2x). This will play the full clip of "Who Is Marvin".

Though the premise makes it sound like yet another "dumb comedy" Rob Schneider's "The Animal" is yet another dumb but intelligent comedy in a long-line of great comedy's from SNL alums including "Deuce Bigalow," "Big Daddy," and "The Waterboy."

THE STORY:

After a car accident, wannabe cop Marvin (Schneider) is saved in a bizarre surgical procedure by an eccentric professor where animal parts are put into Marvin. As a result of the surgery Marvin gains animal-like physically heightened powers. Despite his newfound powers, Marvin must also now contend with his primal instincts including an insatiable hunger and an insatiable sex drive which manifest themselves with alarming frequency and at the most inconvenient times.

THE BEST SCENES:

1. Marvin's date

2. The Goat scene

3. The Orangutan fight

THE DVD Features:

Like most new DVDs, the features in "The Animal" are stacked and do not disappoint.
Among the cool things in the DVD are...

1. Feature length commentaries by Rob Schneider and director Luke Greenfield.

2. 4 deleted scenes.

3. An 8 minute feature interviewing members of both the cast and crew.

4. "What's In Marvin." More deleted footage highlighting the various animals in Marvin and his reactions to them.

5. Trailers for "The Animal," "Joe Dirt," "Big Daddy," and "Cable Guy."

6. Filmographies for Director Luke Greenfield, Rob Schneider, Coleen Haskell, Guy Torry and John C. McGinky.

THE VERDICT:

Overall, "The Animal" is bound to please you. The premise may sound silly, but the actual product comes out smart and funny. Some of the humor is sophomoric of course, but is not all that bad (aside from perhaps the "suggested" bestiality) and the love story elements of the movie along with the mystery at the end are nice surprise. The DVD features are a nice touch.

In all, this is an overall nice package.

Recommended.

"The Animal" is definitely not Robb Schneider's best film but it is still a great comedy that will entertain and is worth checking out. This film is a bit of a cliche on the old plot of how a guy is picked on, something happens to him, and everybody ends up working out for him at the end; but that's okay because this movie works with that cliche by putting in a hysterical plot in the middle of it all, alas, the title of the film.

Robb Schneider plays a guy that works for the police department's crime evidence department because he could never pass the physical exam to become a real police officer. Because of this he is made fun of by his peers. When he gets into a car accident a crazy scientist puts animal parts into him giving him animal traits and this causes him to have bad experiences with other people. This plot is what works around the old cliche and it actually makes for a fun-filled movie watching experience.

The reason that I am giving this film just four stars is because the movie is very far fetched and is nothing that takes place in this comedy is unlikely to ever happen. However, this movies shows how one person can overcome all the odds, even if by physical means, to finally get what he or she really deserves. The movie also has a bit of romance that is very light and is brought on in a comical way. These things will make viewers of this film appreciate this film on an emotional level as well as a level for the comedy.

This film is great comedy because Robb Schneider is in it. Schneider is one of the top comic actors in filmmaking today and because of him this film really shines. "The Animal" is a must for a fan of Robb Schneider or for anyone that is looking for a comedy that will keep you laughing. This is a fun film that is worth seeing.

Happy Viewing!

this movie was ok the first time and seems to get worst every time i see it again, unfortunatley this was no match to duece biggalow and is a really dumb movie, yes there are funny parts which are worth watching but the rest will just bore you and make you wish that u didnt buy it. Rob Schneider is a really hilarious guy but just not in this one, so miss it and go buy some of his others like Duece Bigalow or Big Daddy or even Saturday Night Live Bad Boys, those will satisfy your comedy hunger much much much much better.

I like Rob Schneider and I like most of the movies he's been in, so it shouldn't be too surprising that I liked "The Animal" as well. "The Animal" is a cute story about Marvin-- a sweet, loser, wanna-be cop (he just can't seem to pass the physical fitness test to become a full-fledged officer) who, after a freak accident and some freaky secret surgery, becomes the best cop on the force. Suddenly Marvin can run twice as fast, jump twice as high, and his sense of smell and his hearing are totally heightened. Marvin becomes a super-cop!

Why??? Because when he received new organs and such from his freaky surgery, the organ donors were animals! The animal parts inside him are making him a better cop....but there are also some side effects. Marvin needs to deal with his "animal sub-conscious" before it ruins his chances with his dream girl, Rianna, and before it gets him kicked off the police force-- after all, we can't stand for cops who pee on fire hydrants and chase cats up trees can we? No.

Overall the movie was quite enjoyable. Rob Schneider is comical and the other cast members (including the animals!) really help dole out the laughs too. Colleen Haskell (a former Survivor castaway) had a respectable debut in this movie but I don't think the part was much of a stretch for her, it just wasn't a very demanding role. It's not that hard for a cutie-pie to be a cutie-pie. She was cute and super sweet and that's all she had to do...sit there and look cute. Not too hard to do...you know what I mean???

One last thought....Rob Schneider basically played a monkey-man (well, more like a cat/dog man). I wonder if he was the first actor they thought of for the role. Doesn't it seem like Brendan Fraser would have been the obvious choice? I mean, he kinda dominates the monkey-man genre doesn't he? I'm glad they didn't cast Fraser...it probably wouldn't have been as funny, it would have been a re-run.

Recommendation: This is a cute and silly movie. Sure the plot is a little weak and the ending seemed a little thrown together, but overall it was enjoyable-- a nice little escape from the summer heat. The sexual humor is pretty toned down (nothing like "Monkeybone", I swear!) and although there are a few gross jokes there are far less than there could have been (thank you writers!). The film is rated PG-13 but I could see letting a younger child watch it, the humor wasn't very offensive at all (a nice change).

I was very disappointed by this film. I loved "Duce Biggalo" and I was looking forward to the same sort of comedy. However, this movie wasn't nearly as funny as I'd hoped. It was riddled with mediocre acting. The acting combined with a poor story made for a rather brain dead movie. The only bright spots in the movie were Guy Torre and an all too brief appearance by Norm MacDonald. I'd watch it if it came on television, but I would not recommend renting or buying this film.

this movie was really dumb but it was really funny also.
I thought that the previews showed everything. But I was wrong. I
just couldn't stop laughing. It remindedd me of the first time I saw shrek.

I thought this movie was one word: HALARIOUS! I wish I would have seen it in theaters but I ended up renting it instead. Chances are if you're reading this review you know somewhat of what it's about, have seen the movie (why else would you purchase the video?) or are planning on seeing it sometime soon. Well, here's my opinion. The acting of "Survivor" cast member Colleen Haskell wasn't too bad. She is cute and has had some training before her days stranded at the beach. I think she could've done a little better but hey-it's her movie debut! I thought Rob Schneider's acting was very good. People are sometimes too serious about movies and in this case they were. It wasn't meant to be Oscar of the year here. It did not deserve the 3 and a half stars it got. Rather, I think it was pretty good. And creative as well! The director did a VERY good job in terms of trying to make us "forget" that Rob's character Marvin has been in a car accident until we see a flashback of his time of being put together with different animal parts. I also liked the chase at the end, not to mention a down-right FUNNY cameo by Norm McDonald. Just great! It was really well done for the director tries and makes us guess who the bad guy actually is. I'm not gonna give away the ending for those who haven't seen it yet, nor go into intricate detail. Just explaining on how creative and funny it is...The Animal should not be left out in your collection but that is only if you find it funny. So I urge you to rent it first and then purchase it on video...which is what I am about to do! Also if you're thinking about buying/renting this one then check out "Duce Biggalo Male Jiggalo"...another Schneider movie. And also Funny as well!

I just saw "The Animal" on DVD.
It's mostly funny, it's about a guy, that is really really slow, sluggish, non-active, and never doing anything active. He's a File man for the Police, and he has to pass a Police test to be a Policeman, well he doesn't pass it, again. So when all the Policeman are out on break, there is a call and he tries to get to a restaurant, there is a seal on the road and he's on a road cliff. I wonder what's going to happen? CRASH, and a wacky scienstist puts animal parts in him, because a lot of things in his body isn't working. The Pro's of having it is that he can Jump High, He gets in the Police Force, he's Active, he sniffs out drugs...., and a girl is liking him more because of the stuff he does. Well the bad stuff is the urges to first of all, eat, and second of all, have sex. So, he is always trying to hind these urges, but he can't and he seeks the wacky doctors advice. He tells him to eat more, and he told the wacky doctor that he has the sex part in control, but he doesn't.
Well, there is a wild beast on the loose that killed 2 cows and one bird hunter. A wild Mob thinks the main chacter is the beast, and runs after him. They actally find out that the wild beast is his girlfriend, a beta test of making a animal inside. But the black dude saids he's the beast, and no one does anything because he's black, and all the crap on raciest. And the Main Chacter and he's Girlfriend live happily ever after.
Actors:Could be better, it could have been better. 7/10
Fun:I thought it was really funny, but the kind of Funny that's well, "dumb" 9/10
Movieplay:I could watch this again and see the extra stuff on it too! 8/10
Sound:One Simple word... Fine. 7/10
Overall:You got a man in the house, he's going to think it's funny. 7/10

A Bumbling Police File Clerk (Rob Schneider), who desperate wants to be a Cop but when he falls in love with an Cute Attractive Woman (Colleen Haskell). Everything turns to the Worst, when he nearly dies on a Fatal Car Crash and a Mysterious Doctor (Micheal Caton) saves his life but the Doctor added an Infusion of Animal Magnetism, Literally.

Directed by Luke Greenfield made a funny, silly, entertaining comedy. Schneider seems to be having one hell of a time, more than he did in Deuce Bigelow:Male Gigolo. DVD`s has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD`s has good extras like:Two Audio Commentary tracks by the Director and Actor:Schneider. Deleted Scenes, Behind the Scenes feautrette and More. This is a Light-Hearted Fantasy Comedy. Adam Sandler appears in a Cameo. Grade:B+.

Comedies may be the hardest kind of movies to review because there is no type of humor that is funny to everyone. Even among a particular type, there is not universal agreement as to what's funny and what's not. Take slapstick, or physical, humor, which is what The Animal uses. I am in the group that is most amused by seeing witty, bright and/or sophisticated characters trip, fall or otherwise embarrass themselves. Another group most enjoys seeing clumsy and/or dimwitted people doing what they do best. I don't think either group is right or wrong. It's a matter of personal taste, and it's those who enjoy seeing idiots doing idiotic things who will most enjoy The Animal.

Rob Schneider plays Marvin, a hopelessly inept guy who works in the evidence room of the local police department. He has become a laughing stock among most of his coworkers because he has tried and failed a half dozen times to become a real policeman. One afternoon, the entire force goes off to play softball, leaving Marvin to watch the station. When a call about a robbery in progress comes in, no one at the game responds to Marvin's radio call. He goes off in his car to aid the victim, but he never makes in. In an inspired bit of slapstick, he veers off the road to avoid hitting a trained seal. A screaming Marvin is trapped in the car as it rolls down an embankment. When if finally stops, Marvin tells himself that wasn't so bad, but then the vehicle slips over the edge and rolls and rolls some more. It comes to its finally resting place, Marvin breaths a sigh of relief, and suddenly, a huge boulder rolls over it. Marvin then dreams he is on an operating table in a weird hospital. It turns out he has been operated on by a mad doctor who has repaired him by using animal parts. It isn't long before the hapless Marvin finds himself behaving like a horse, a dog, a goat, and even a beaver. This problem leads to a myriad of sight gags and one-liners. Since these involve animal behavior, you can easily figure out what comic level they are one.

Rob Schneider is what he is, and he delivers the material his fans expect. His fan base comes from his stint on Saturday Night Live. He built on this by appearing is nearly all of Adam Sandler's movies. Not coincidentally, Mr. Sandler was an executive producer on The Animal, as well as on Schneider's 1999 hit, Deuce Bigelow.

While this is not my brand of comedy, I must admit that it has its moments. Schneider certainly tries hard. The Animal is also much gentler and sweeter than most comedies this year. Even if you don't much like its hero, it's hard not to feel a little empathy for such a nice guy.

Here it is: A story of a man who is taken over by animal body parts and becomes a super-cop, but at the same time struggles against keeping his new "instincts" under control. This concept fell to pieces, though. The story is considerably dorky and ridiculously unrealistic right up to the very end, and by that time the plot turns complicated and makes no sense at all. Not good! I don't care if we watch comedies for a good time, they still need a decent storyline, and The Animal has none. In fact, The Animal doesn't have a lot of things. Like comedy. There were some fairly funny scenes in here... some. The Animal's mainly just a bunch of stupid comedy stunts that don't really utilize the name of the game... and that's not very funny. My final words: Good idea, bad product. Go see Rat Race.

I cant believe people have given this movie less than 5 stars. It is a great movie and it puts Rob S. on the Adam Sandler level.

One might say that I'm being overcompitent by slap bagging the limp and distgruntled THE ANIMAL with a low one star rating. What is rendered for the film is what the film receives. It doesn't expect anything more than over-blown pesky crud for itself. Why should the audience capitulate to the nonsense as well, and take part in upraising this below-the-belt butt scratcher? Everyone sustaining this film complains that the film is "stupid-funny". One 'half-chuckle' was all that slipped from my mouth. This film, in my opinion, is suitable to be known as just plain stupid.

Rob Schneider plays a nerd evidence investigator who's low life living, and under-achieved dreams are suddenly shaken after he takes a crash down a steep hill, and nearly dies. After being found unconscience, a maniac doc figues that the only way to save his life is to put animal organs in him which include: Dog, seal, goat, dolphin, horse...etc. After waking up the next morning by his damaged car, Schneider doesn't realize he's been missing for eight days. Now this savage and hormonal beast is after a goregous pet dealer and is also on the run from the cops. Can the animal subdue and resist his abnormality in this downright rampadoodle junker?

Obviously he can only save his own character, because the movie goes over the cliff after a group of eight year olds beat up Schneider's character at the police station in the opening of the film. There is the classic "boring cop" field trip in which every kid picks on the dumb cop. Then, the cool and buff cop says- "you want to meet a real police officer?" And the kids go bonanza.

Expectedly, there is also the black man who feels that every white person treats him nice simply because he's of that race. Isn't this racism/anti-racism thing going a little bit overboard? I mean, we already have Chris Tucker and Chris Rock nipping at the chip on that plate, why generate more and more? It's old news. The whole "Black-man/racism" thing just doesn't muster the laughs anymore.

Adam Sandler makes a cameo in the film, more of a waste actually, after the whole town is after Schneider. When they finally catch him and surround him, Sandler takes Schneider's previous cameos of THE WATERBOY and LITTLE NICKY, and says, "Cut his freaking ...!" Many of you know the rest. This overdone appearance is getting old too. The major letdown is that Sandler CAN'T do it like Rob. It's not funny at all.

A plot with a mouse's brain, acting with an icing of cow pies, and an overall effect of insecure stupidity sets a new standard for idiotic films. THE ANIMAL is here, and sadly, it seems like it has rabies.

QUOTE: "This film is flat out dead. It has no sense of comedy, nor a feel for what the audience wants. It is just "Dumb". This plot of its doesn't excell or deliver a sufficient median to balance on. "I put animal parts in you" doesn't give us a whole lot to work with. By the time this short 80 minute film subsides and rolls over to the credits, you'll only be thanking Revolution Studios for making it as short as it was. THE ANIMAL needs to find a shelter and get some shots before it can be released into the wild."