Nocturnal Animals

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Nocturnal Animals

R

2016

1h 56m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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A successful Los Angeles art-gallery owner's idyllic life is marred by the constant traveling of her handsome second husband. While he is away, she is shaken by the arrival of a manuscript written by her first husband, who she has not seen in years. The manuscript tells the story of a teacher who finds a trip with his family turning into a nightmare. As Susan reads the book, it forces her to examine her past and confront some dark truths.

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Critics Consensus

Well-acted and lovely to look at, Nocturnal Animals further underscores writer-director Tom Ford's distinctive visual and narrative skill.

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Kambole Campbell

One Room With A View

08/25/2018

4/5

A gorgeous, harrowing and occasionally bizarre meta-thriller that mixes multiple narrative threads together with beautiful visuals and a breathtaking score.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

11/20/2017

Nocturnal Animals is a frantic fever dream of the ways we betray and disappoint ourselves and those we love.

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

08/10/2017

Nocturnal Animals ultimately reaches for something that isn't there, and falters. Ford is the consummate commercial artist, but he seems to hate it - while still, as an artist, trafficking in it.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 23

5/5

Unexpected and completely forthright, it is a calculated barrage that is heavily layered in symbolic external and internal darkness that defies and questions definitions of beauty, morality, and material success.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

02/12/2025

4/5

Gorgeously shot and deeply affecting, Tom Ford's packs a gut punch of a revenge tale into his sophomore effort.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

02/05/2025

3/5

A slightly messy, but gorgeous sophomore outing from Tom Ford finds Adams playing against type in an understated tale of revenge. Gyllenhaal and Shannon are solid, and the tension in the highway scenes is palpable.

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Taylor D.

@mailman38 2d

Great thriller movie. Really keeps you tensed up with keeping you into the story lines. The ending really ties everything together beautifully and has a strong message to Susan, and in my opinion was the perfect ending. Although I was not ready for it to end!

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martins a

@Martins390 Jan 6

Fairly decent movie, Jake gyllenhaal and Amy Adams were exceptional in this movie. I feel the script written by Jake's character was more compelling than the story. They should have just made the entire movie about the script in the movie and I assure you they'll be getting many awards. The script was just magnificent beside the script scenes I was just skipping because I didnt really care about what was going on aside the script

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Don V

@bondo150 Nov 29

Tom Ford has crafted an exceptional film proving himself as a director to be taken seriously. He has a very specific style much like David Fincher or the Coen Brothers

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Iamwhoi M

@Shaboutiques Nov 23

It's just okay. I wasn't annoyed I'd wasted the time watching it; but it's not one I'll watch repeatedly. Not many likable people in it, except Michael Sheehan & Michael Shannon characters.

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matthew d

@Gooseo Sep 26

A boring pointless collection of feces that jumps around in time more than pulp fiction does without any style or thought of being in the same league with. Uninteresting dialogue, ridiculously bad characters, I cannot believe one of my favorite facebookers recommended this what trash. Is complete with a scene of a guy wiping himself on a toilet in front of his house; that pretty much says everything about the movie. Now I'm mad I wasted my precious time on this.

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pankaj c

Aug 17

Worth watching as its a touching but not so touching movie

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Synopsis

A successful Los Angeles art-gallery owner's idyllic life is marred by the constant traveling of her handsome second husband. While he is away, she is shaken by the arrival of a manuscript written by her first husband, who she has not seen in years. The manuscript tells the story of a teacher who finds a trip with his family turning into a nightmare. As Susan reads the book, it forces her to examine her past and confront some dark truths.

Director: Tom Ford
Producer: Tom Ford, Robert Salerno
Screenwriter: Tom Ford
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Focus Features, Fade to Black Productions, Artina Films
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Menace|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.4M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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