Zoology is a fable-like story with just the right dash of surrealism. However, writer-director Ivan I. Tverdovskiy gets too heavy-handed with allegories, preventing the premise from reaching its full potential. However, the acting is strong and there is enough wry humour in the film to make it a fairly pleasant watch.
Natasha (a thoroughly convincing and very dynamic Natalya Pavlenkova) is a middle-aged loser, bullied at work and still living with her mom. But she has a secret -- she has grown a tail, a pink, hairless appendage that seems to be not totally within her control. She goes to see the doctor about the tail, but the doctor keeps sending her back to take x-rays, as he always claims that the image isn't clear enough. Natasha becomes involved with the younger x-ray technician, Petya (likably played by Dmitriy Groshev), who is completely unbothered by the tail. Natasha is, at …
