Nocturnal Animals (2016) (original) (raw)

An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.

An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale. (less)

Director: Tom Ford
Writers: Tom Ford, Austin Wright
Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber
Producers: Tom Ford, Robert Salerno

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 15, 2016

5 / 10

Fashion mogul Tom Ford turned to filmmaking with 2009�s �A Single Man.� The highly designed and tightly measured drama still managed to communicate a healthy amount of personal history and emotionality, dealing with intimate issues of love, loss, and friendship. It was an ideal debut for Ford, who managed to highlight his visual gifts and his comfort with actors. �Nocturnal Animals� is his long-awaited follow up, and Ford attempts to switch gears, heading in a Hitchcockian direction with a melodrama that�s braided with thriller-esque events, once again using his interests in symmetry, style, a ...read more...

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