Nocturnal Animals

4.25
    Nocturnal Animals
    2016

    Synopsis

    Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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    Cast

    • Amy AdamsSusan Morrow
    • Jake GyllenhaalEdward Sheffield / Tony Hastings
    • Michael ShannonBobby Andes
    • Aaron Taylor-JohnsonRay Marcus
    • Isla FisherLaura Hastings
    • Ellie BamberIndia Hastings
    • Armie HammerHutton Morrow
    • Karl GlusmanLou Bates
    • Robert AramayoSteve 'Turk' Adams
    • Laura LinneyAnne Sutton

    Recommendations

    • 100

      The Guardian

      Some of the scenes in the LA art world are a bit broad. But this is a terrifically absorbing thriller with that vodka-kick of pure malice.
    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Confidently dovetailing three strands that depict present and past reality, as well as a dark fictional detour that functions as a blunt real-life rebuke, the film once again demonstrates that Ford is both an intoxicating sensualist and an accomplished storyteller, with as fine an eye for character detail as he has for color and composition.
    • 100

      The Guardian

      Some of the scenes in the LA art world are a bit broad. But this is a terrifically absorbing thriller with that vodka-kick of pure malice.
    • 100

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Confidently dovetailing three strands that depict present and past reality, as well as a dark fictional detour that functions as a blunt real-life rebuke, the film once again demonstrates that Ford is both an intoxicating sensualist and an accomplished storyteller, with as fine an eye for character detail as he has for color and composition.
    • 91

      IndieWire

      Nocturnal Animals is an impressively ambitious effort, one part mean Texas thriller, one part middle-age melodrama, and makes for a meta-textual riddle that is almost as pleasurable to reflect on as it to actually watch.
    • 91

      The Film Stage

      With everything going on, Nocturnal Animals is the sort of narrative and tonal minefield that a lesser director could easily have gotten lost in. Ford allows us to consider and cherish each unique thread and wonder just how it could all possibly come together.
    • 91

      IndieWire

      Nocturnal Animals is an impressively ambitious effort, one part mean Texas thriller, one part middle-age melodrama, and makes for a meta-textual riddle that is almost as pleasurable to reflect on as it to actually watch.
    • 91

      The Film Stage

      With everything going on, Nocturnal Animals is the sort of narrative and tonal minefield that a lesser director could easily have gotten lost in. Ford allows us to consider and cherish each unique thread and wonder just how it could all possibly come together.

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