Zoology is a genuine oddity: bizarre, surprising and affecting. If it’s meaning is muddled, Natasha Pavlenkova’ s central turn makes the tale — and the tail — worthwhile.
Pavlenkova's rich, emotional performance is one of the reasons it becomes such an involving, touching film but Tverdovsky's sure touch, bone-dry social satire and affinity with the outsider confirms him as a talent to watch.
[An] intriguing Russian satire.
A courageous performance accompanied by a horribly realistic human tail dangling from beneath her skirt.
A zoo-worker’s unexpected new addition triggers an affair in this fable about conformity, reactionary sexual politics and religious fervour.
This eccentric story of a Russian zookeeper who grows a tail is let down by a humdrum ending.
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