Synopsis
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
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Cast
- Jesse EisenbergJosh Stamos
- Dakota FanningDena Brauer
- Peter SarsgaardHarmon
- Alia ShawkatSurprise
- Logan MillerDylan
- Kai LennoxSean
- Katherine WaterstonAnne
- James Le GrosFeed Factory Clerk
- Traber Charles BurnsFelix
- Autumn NidalmiaMable
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The Playlist
Eisenberg does an enormous amount with what he has, proving to be sinister and vulnerable virtually within the same breath, and expertly putting across the torment he’s going through. - 83
IndieWire
No stranger to crafting excessive anticipation, Reichardt has funneled that skill into thriller clothing. However, like all of her output, nothing is as simple as it looks. - 80
The Telegraph
This is mesmerically assured and tensile film-making, with two complex and plausible performances at its core, and the shin-stinging kick of a Chaucerian moral fable. - 80
The Guardian
This director, in the past, has shown herself to be an ace with the teasing, hanging ending and Night Moves saves the best for last. - 80
Variety
Kelly Reichardt blends her lucid observational approach with a topical-thriller format to engrossing effect in Night Moves. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
After a terrific first hour that crescendos in an extended sequence of quiet yet potent white-knuckle suspense, the film loses some traction in the more challengingly paced second half. But it remains an engrossing reflection on radical violence and its fallout. - 80
The New Yorker
What happens at the dam, filmed at night, with only shimmering light, is the most nerve-racking sequence in recent movies. Reichardt, despite the film’s absences, has achieved an impressive control over the medium. - 75
Slant Magazine
Like Michael Cera's two recent films with Sebastian Silva, Night Moves reveals the dark core contained within an actor's nice-guy neuroticism.
