Nightcrawler
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Nightcrawler

2014Movie1 h 58 minR

CrimeDrama
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic768.3
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic768.3

Summary

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood

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  • Feels like real life.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

If It Bleeds, It Leadsin 130 titlesExploited. Lou's job becomes getting the stuff that bleeds and giving it to Nina so that it leads.Never Trust a Trailerin 779 titlesThe trailers make it out to be a crime-heavy murder-thriller, filled with car chases. It's not exactly incorrect, but there's really only one car chase in the film, albeit packed with action.All 50 tropes

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