This leads them to two revelations, that they'll need a fence and that they'll need more help.
Once Spencer has explained that the book is worth $12 million because it is actually a collection of paintings, he and Warren get to work watching heist movies to educate themselves. Layton's pumped his film with adrenaline, organic comedy springing from Warren's overly confident ineptitude, suspense from the in-fighting of the four would-be thieves as their high wire act falls to pieces. The device not only makes the experience richer, each of the four expounding on his motives, but illustrates how individuals form their own realities, Spencer and Warren's recollections frequently in conflict. I cannot recall this having been done before, Warren Beatty's "Reds" perhaps the closest approximation. When Spencer tells Warren about the value of the first edition of Audubon's Birds of America, housed in his school's special collections library, Warren decides they can fulfill their potentials by stealing it in "American Animals." Writer/director Bart Layton, whose first film was the documentary "The Imposter," takes an unprecedented approach in retelling this true story by having the real guys, recently released from prison, comment upon the action as portrayed by actors. His best buddy Warren Lipka (Evan Peters), who Reinhard's parents disapprove of, has been brought up to believe he is indeed special. The aspiring artist believes he cannot produce great art without suffering, and, therefore, finds nothing within his middle class upbringing to differentiate himself. When Spencer Reinhard (Barry Keoghan) is asked by Lexington, Kentucky's Transylvania University's Admissions Office to tell them something about himself, he struggles.
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