This is the Pure Movies review of Nocturnal Animals, directed by Tom Ford and starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Isla Fisher. Written by Dominic Hicks. Nocturnal Animals (based on the novel ‘Tony and Susan’ by Austin Wright) is a captivating but confused meta-thriller in which successful gallery owner and socialite Susan (a convincing but sedate Amy Adams) finds herself engrossed in the proof-copy of a novel written by Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal), the ex-partner she betrayed. The film unfolds duplicitously - Susan grows increasingly dissatisfied with her opulent but lonely lifestyle, while the protagonist of Tony’s novel (also played by Gyllenhaal, in a choice that leaves his performance somewhat uncentered) loses his wife and daughter to a gang of highway outlaws and is left adrift in the desert with only cancer-ridden Texas sheriff (Michael Shannon) to help him.
- 11/6/2016
- by Dominic Hicks
- Pure Movies
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