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Nightcrawler

2014

Dan Gilroy

Jake Gyllenhaal, René Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton ...

7.3

44,846

Thriller A young man stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is not having much luck with his job search. After witnessing an accident, he quickly finds himself caught up in the underground and nocturnal world of freelance crime journalism, scouring Los Angeles for gruesome crime-scene footage. Lou becomes entranced with this world and quickly progresses in the field, even beating the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Nightcrawler' curves and hisses its way into your head with demonic skill. When the laughs come, they stick in your throat. This is a deliciously twisted piece of work (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"A feast of capital-A acting that's sometimes amusing to watch but not believable for so much as a second."	NEU
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"A dark dream of a thriller, full of evil that floats like a toxic cloud across an already tainted city (...) Gyllenhaal’s startling portrayal is far from the only distinction in this impeccably crafted feature film"	POS
United States	Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"The scariest thing about the new Jake Gyllenhaal film, 'Nightcrawler,' is Jake Gyllenhaal A Billy Wilder hero transplanted to the land of David Lynch"	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"Sharp, dark, satirical and bone-rattlingly thrilling (...) It’s this year’s 'Drive' (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"If Billy Wilder's 'Ace in the Hole' and 'Network' had a mutant baby, it would probably look like Dan Gilroy's 'Nightcrawler'."	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Like his erratic protagonist, Gilroy doesn't always know when to settle down or call it quits, and the film's constant shifts of tone can grow tiring, even if the action as a whole never gets boring."	NEU
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Closer in spirit to the media-amplified perversity of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, Nightcrawler feels like a major portrait of a sick, insatiable appetite (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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