This chaotic but close-knit family is made up of a series of dangerously colourful characters, not least the family matriarch, Janine “Smurf” Cody, played by the brilliant Ellen Barkin.
Based on a brilliant 2010 Australian independent movie of the same name, Animal Kingdom transplants the suburban crime drama to California, but crucially places the same dysfunctional crime family dynamics at its core. Following the death of his mother, young Joshua “J” Cody moves in with his extended family, who might not be entirely on the level, to put it mildly. This chaotic but close-knit family is made up of a series of dangerously colourful characters, not least the family matriarch, Janine “Smurf” Cody, played by the brilliant Ellen Barkin.