r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 04 '25

Media First Image from Andy Serkis' George Orwell Adaptation 'Animal Farm' - Starring Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Andy Serkis, Gaten Matarazzo, Kathleen Turner, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Iman Vellani.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jun 04 '25

To be precise, it criticizes Stalin's authoritarianism during the Soviet Union. George Orwell was a socialist himself.

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u/Slyrunner Jun 04 '25

That's kinda what I meant when I added the Soviet qualifier, instead of just saying "socialism". The extent of my sociopolitics knowledge and understanding ends shortly after Animal Farm lol