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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Amy Adams
Susan Morrow
Jake Gyllenhaal
Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
Michael Shannon
Bobby Andes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Ray Marcus
Isla Fisher
Laura Hastings
Ellie Bamber
India Hastings
Armie Hammer
Hutton Morrow
Karl Glusman
Lou
Robert Aramayo
Turk
Laura Linney
Anne Sutton
Director
Tom Ford
Screenplay
Tom Ford
Tagline
"When you love someone you can't just throw it away."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$22,500,000
Revenue
$29,300,000
Production
Fade To Black, Artina Films, Focus Features, Perfect World Pictures, Tom Ford
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 successful future. Are you uncomfortable yet? Comfortability won't be found here or in fashion designer t...
Reno
February 26, 2017
**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 on the novel 'Tony and Susan', but for the film adaptation, the title got inspired by the book that ...
tmdb16528852
March 26, 2017
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 (art pieces which, throughout the story, make things even more thrilling and surreal). She reads her ...
Gimly
April 4, 2017
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
December 17, 2022
**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 who receives, by mail, a sketch of a fictional novel which will be edited by her ex-husband. When she...
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