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- 2014
- R
- Open Road Films (II)
- 1 h 57 m
- 2014
- R
- Open Road Films (II)
- 1 h 57 m
Summary Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), a driven young man desperate for work, discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling -- where each police siren wail equals a possible windfa...
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
- 2014
- R
- Open Road Films (II)
- 1 h 57 m
- 2014
- R
- Open Road Films (II)
- 1 h 57 m
Nightcrawler
76
8.6
Where to Watch
Summary Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), a driven young man desperate for work, discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling -- where each police siren wail equals a possible windfa...
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
76
84% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
16% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 Critic Reviews
76
84% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
16% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This is a classic film, not just because every scene and line is casually beautiful and devoid of extraneous touches, but because its tone is mercilessly exact.
There’s tremendous social and moral texture throughout the drama, but the socio-economic commentary of the movie is fabric, not heavy handed accessory. And the provocative ethical breaches—savage and scathing in the latter half—give the movie its delectable and wicked bite.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,377 User Ratings
8.6
93% Positive
1285 Ratings
1285 Ratings
5% Mixed
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
2% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,377 User Ratings
8.6
93% Positive
1285 Ratings
1285 Ratings
5% Mixed
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
2% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
Jake Gyllenhaal, with his cold and lifeless eyes, in one of the best, most precise performances in film history, is able to create a character that directly affects us psychologically. As an actor, there aren't much higher achievements than to be able to have the audience so fully engrossed in your character, and pay full attention to every move he makes, trying to study this man, anticipating, but also dreading his eventual fate.
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loved this one. One of the most unique films to watch. jake brilliantly performed here. when i watched the trailer didn't expect this will be kind of unique
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Gilroy vividly evokes both the LA exteriors and newsroom interiors, and the action sequences are fraught with tension.
From a subdued start Nightcrawler unfurls into a ghoulish and wickedly funny satire on journalism, the job market and self-help culture.
Despite the familiarity of its themes — the bottom-feeding news media; the pathology born of extreme isolation and a little too much online time; the American can-do spirit, perverted into something poisonous — Gilroy's clever, skeezy little noir is worth a prowl.
Dan Gilroy's directorial debut only offers a familiar vision of today's newsman and producers as misery peddlers, and callow ratings slaves bordering on the monstrous.
After a few minutes you know everything about Louis you’re going to know; the only surprise in Nightcrawler is the level of grotesqueness it achieves. There’s more insight (and entertainment) in an average sketch from the old SCTV series; I kept imagining Joe Flaherty’s horror host Count Floyd climbing out of his coffin and chanting, “Oooh, that Louis, he’s veh-ry skerrrr-y, kiddies — ahwoooooooo!”
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Jake Gyllenhaal does a great job of creating a really creepy character. The story is interesting. Having said that I wouldn't want to watch it again because the main character CREEPED ME OUT...! So, good acting, cinematography, writing, etc. but I don't know who I would recommend it to.
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Phony, uneven, boring, and the wrong tone. Utterly predictable.
Gyllenhaal and Paxton are good, but it's neither a realistic drama nor a satire and certainly not very thrilling. It doesn't really know what it is. Good subject matter blown!
Yet another ridiculously over-rated movie by jackass critics!
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Production Company
Bold Films,
Nightcrawler,
Sierra / Affinity
Release Date Oct 31, 2014
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
Tagline The City Shines Brightest at Night
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 10 Nominations
