Synopsis
The aardvark has evolved to be one of a kind. You could say the same of Josh Norman.
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Cast
- Zachary QuintoJosh Norman
- Jenny SlateEmily Milburton
- Jon HammCraig Norman
- Sheila VandHannah
- Tonya PinkinsAbigail
- Marin IrelandJenny
- Dale SoulesLucille
- Peter GroszAnthony
- Jacinto Taras RiddickDavenham
- Stephen SchnetzerDon Herremans
Recommendations
- 63
Movie Nation
First time feature writer-director Brian Shoaf stages some painfully awkward, sensitive and probing counseling sessions for Slate and Quinto to play. The script has lovely snatches of dialogue and fascinating, wounded characters. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A filmmaking decision at the end of the film thumbs its nose at us, with the language of editing seeming to contradict the message of Shoaf's screenplay. - 50
Screen Daily
Brian Shoaf does not break any new ground in Aardvark (besides featuring an actual aardvark in an independent film), yet his pairing of stalwart female characters with troubled men is a welcome twist of gender stereotypes. - 50
Washington Post
It becomes clear that the situation is exactly as we imagine it to be, and that the sense of mystery that Shoaf has spent so much energy weaving is a red herring. - 50
Philadelphia Daily News
In its last moments...Aardvark finds a groove. - 45
TheWrap
Aardvark is the sort of movie that gets by with its unpredictable where-is-this-going vibe for about a half-hour or so.... But it becomes apparent at a certain point that the set-up is pretty much all there is to this movie. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Despite a strong lead cast and good intentions, Aardvark is a drag. Writer-director Brian Shoaf may have much to say about family dysfunction and its emotional effects but never finds a persuasive enough way to mine this oft-tread territory. - 30
The New York Times
Mr. Shoaf wastes an excellent cast (and one cute aardvark — you knew there’d be one) in a movie of astonishing vacancy.
