Before seeing the film I expected 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 becomes a film. Like the book, the film is a drama/action film. It focuses on a farm, Manor Farm, run by an alcoholic farmer known as the character Jones. Jones mistreats, abuses and starves the animals, forcing them to work day after day, striving to make the farm a success. This is because he is in debt and fears the possibility of losing his farm. Unfortunately, his hard work didn't pay off and Jones faced further disappointments. The animals grow tired of his behavior, and after a dream had by 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, the life he had dreamed of, an escape from Jones, and the injustice and punishment that had been constantly meted out to them. Shortly after the announcement, Old Major died. His death was all the animals needed 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 the pig Squealer (voiced by Ian Holm) immediately inscribes Old Major's "Animalism" commandments that he spoke about before the his death, on the barn. They included things like: anything that goes on two legs is an enemy, anything that goes on four legs or has wings is a friend, no animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, no animal shall drink alcohol, no the animal must kill any other... middle of paper... create the atmosphere and create a sense of reality. Where as in the novel, the idea of ​​talking animals taking over a farm didn't seem as realistic nor as entertaining as seeing the events yourself. The novel was great and the text was more detailed, but the movie seemed to bring the story to life. This allegory mirrors the events of 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 their communist theory and made it more of a reform of capitalism rather 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 happened with the animals from Animal Farm..