Before watching the film, I was expecting ninety minutes of boredom, a film that did not follow the plot of the novel. But based on the spectacular anecdote written by George Orwell, thanks to director John Stephenson and producer Greg Smith, the satire Animal Farm is becoming a film. Like the book, the film is a drama/action film. It focuses on a farm, Manor Farm, which is run by an alcoholic farmer known as Jones. Jones abuses, mistreats, and starves the animals, forcing them to work day in and day out, striving to make the farm a success. In fact, he is in debt and fears losing his farm. Unfortunately, his hard work didn't pay off and Jones was faced with even more disappointment. The animals grew tired of his behavior, and after a dream from the most trusted and honored pig, Old Major (voiced by Peter Ustinov), an announcement was made. Old Major informed the other animals of the life they could have, of the life he had dreamed of, of Jones's escape and of the injustice and punishment that had constantly been inflicted upon them. Shortly after the announcement, Old Major died. His death was all they needed to incapacitate them, to push them to rebel against Jones. They scare Jones and his wife away from Manor Farm and celebrate their conquest by renaming the farm "Animal Farm" and Pig Squealer (voiced by Ian Holm) immediately inscribes Old Major's commandments of "Animalism" that he had spoken about before his death, on the barn. They included things such as, anything that walks on two legs is the enemy, anything that walks on four legs or has wings is a friend, no animal should wear clothes, no animal should sleep in a bed , no animal should drink alcohol, no. the animal must kill any other...... middle of paper ...... set the mood and create a feeling of reality. Whereas, like in the novel, the idea of ​​seeing talking animals take over a farm doesn't seem as realistic or as entertaining as watching the events ourselves. The novel was great and the text more detailed, but the movie seemed to bring the story to life. This allegory reflects events in the Soviet Union as well as the Russian Revolution. When Napoleon orders Squealer to change the Seven Commandments, this represents how the Soviet government changed its communist theory and made it more of a reform of capitalism than a replacement. I recommend this film to anyone who loves history. Even if you are not interested in the story, this film contains interesting aspects of life itself and clearly demonstrates how domination can completely change a person, as it did with the animals in Animal Farm..