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Nocturnal Animals

7.4/ 10

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8,236

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2016

Release Year

116 min

Runtime

Drama
Thriller

Overview

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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
cheating
parent child relationship
hostage
insomnia
cowardice
flashback
revenge
murder
cancer
writer
rape and murder
overbearing mother
art
novelist
ex-husband ex-wife relationship
carjacking
story within the story
sexual assault
abortion
art exhibition
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambivalent

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Reviews(5)

6.8avg rating
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iheardthatmoviewas

November 3, 2016

We live in a country where our current presidential candidates fail to compare to our current president. We live in a country where minorities have been a subject to police brutality. We live in a country where you must enter debt by taking out a student loan and you are still not guaranteed a succe

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Reno

Reno

@Rangan

February 26, 2017

6
6/10

**RE VEN GE** This was simply awesome. I meant the story, but the presentation was not my kind. I got the story and I enjoyed it. The performances can't be neglected either. Both the lead, Jake and Amy were the film's highlight. But I also happy for Michale Shannon's Oscars nominee. Based

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tmdb16528852

March 26, 2017

7
7/10

A compelling thriller with an open-ended ending that feels far too easy for what it had going for it. Nocturnal Animals starts out very strong. It feels reminiscent of Lynch's Lost Highway or Mulholland Dr. The main character lives a luxurious life surrounded by some very striking pieces of art (

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

April 4, 2017

8
8/10

Only in a world where a Reality TV star becomes President could Tom Ford be one of the best directors of the year... I guess that'd be this world. _Final rating:★★★★ - An all round good movie with a little something extra._

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

December 17, 2022

6
6/10

**A dense film, with few sympathetic characters, but quite reasonable.** This is one of those films where the most interesting thing is the plot within the plot: the script begins by introducing us to Susan Morrow, a very sophisticated and elegant art gallery owner who suffers from insomnia and w

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