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The Animal is a 2001 comedy film, directed by Luke Greenfield. It stars Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, Edward Asner, and John C. McGinley.

Norm MacDonald and executive producer Adam Sandler make cameo appearances.

Plot

Marvin Mange (played by Schneider) has had a lifelong dream to become a police officer. After failing the training course yet again, he is critically injured when his car goes over a cliff. A deranged scientist rescues him, and replaces his damaged organs with those of animals.

Unknown to Marvin, his new parts enhances his abilities, and he is regarded as a hero. However, he starts to lose control of his instincts, and when people start getting attacked by an unknown creature during the night Marvin suspects that he's the one responsible.

Tagline: He wasn't much of a man... Now he's not much of an animal.

Controversy

Despite receiving mixed critical reaction, one supporter of the film at the time of its release was film critic David Manning who gave the film critical praise. In late 2001, however, Manning was revealed to be fictitious, created by Sony to fake publicity for the film.

As of August 2005, Sony has agreed to refund $5 to anyone who saw the film - as well as Hollow Man
, A Knight's Tale, The Patriot
or Vertical Limit
- in American theatres between August 3, 2000 and October 31, 2001.

Cast

Rob Schneider
— Marvin Mange
Colleen Haskell — Rianna
John C. McGinley
— Sgt. Sisk
Edward Asner — Chief Wilson
Michael Caton
— Dr. Wilder
Louis Lombardi
— Fatty
Guy Torry — Miles
Bob Rubin — Bob Harris

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