When his restaurant is permanently closed, Gensan gambles on a backyard cockfight, then murders the man who won’t make good on the bet.

That same day, Ruby abducts a neighbor’s infant daughter, adding further complications when Gensan steals the dead man’s car and picks her up to flee Los Angeles.

They eventually reach Gensan and Ruby’s childhood home in De Soto, Kansas, revealing they are brother and sister.

"[5] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote, "A movie about calamitous choices and the constraints that shape them, “Creatures” places its leads in one moral trap after another.

"[6] Katie Walsh of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "The story takes some unbelievably tragic twists and turns, and along the way, Dastmalchian unfolds a riveting performance, aided by Schiffli’s beautiful and unobtrusive style.