Animal Kingdom (2010) quotes

Director
David Michôd.

Cast
James Frecheville.
Joel Edgerton.
Guy Pearce.

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Look I know you got a problem Janine, but I don’t see how this mess your boys are in has got anything to do with me. So if you’ve called me in here to see if there are some strings I can pull in your way of course. Is that what this is about?
– Detective Randall Roache
Hey Randall, before you go on, this boy who’s currently being looked after, tell me if you agree with this, this boy who’s being looked after, he knows who you are. And you know how these things go they’re gonna ask him all sorts of questions about everything he’s ever seen or done. Everyone he’s ever met, the whole schmozzle. And you’ve done some bad things sweetie, haven’t you? I want this part to be clear this is not about you doing me a favor or me blackmailing you or anything like that. It’s just a bad situation for everyone. Ezra here’s got the address, it shouldn’t be too hard to set up a raid on the house. There’d be reasonable grounds, what with all the strange activity, the comings and goings, day and night, one of the neighbors might’ve seen a gun or something. This is your area of expertise, I’m not trying to tell you how to suck eggs. What do you think?
– Janine Cody
I really don’t see how anything can be done, Janine.
– Detective Randall Roache
Randall, I feel sick about this. I’m not happy at all, not one little bit. But we do what we have to do, we do what we must. Just because we don’t wanna do something doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
– Janine Cody

[after handing J. a handgun] Go get him.
– Craig Cody
And do what?
– Joshua ‘J’ Cody
Let him know who’s king.
– Craig Cody

[Last words before being killed, and last words of the film] It’s a crazy fucking world.
– Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody

Turn around, pig cunt.
– Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody

[crying] I’m having trouble trying to find my positive spin. I’m usually very good at it. Usually it’s right there, and I can just have it. But I’m having trouble finding it now.
– Janine Cody