Nocturnal Animals
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Nocturnal Animals

2016Movie1 h 56 minR

DramaThriller
72
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IMDb7.4Letterboxd3.7/5Metacritic677.7Rotten Tomatoes74%74%
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.4Letterboxd3.7/5Metacritic677.7Rotten Tomatoes74%74%

Summary

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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  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Weighs on you.

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Slobs Versus SnobsRare · in 30 titlesSusan's family are clearly wealthy, and one of her mother's objections to Edward seems to be that he is not.Mockstery TaleRare · in 34 titlesThere is a detective subplot (the storyline of Edward's novel), and a few surreal scenes blurring the edges between the two storylines (one of the hoodlums from the novel actually pops out at Susan i…All 79 tropes

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