Nightcrawler

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Nightcrawler

R

2014

1h 57m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Los Angeles denizen Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) survives by scavenging and petty theft. He stumbles into a new career as a cameraman and -- armed with a camcorder and police scanner -- begins nocturnal forays across the city in search of shocking and grisly crimes. When he catches the eye of a shopworn news director (Rene Russo) who welcomes the chance to raise her station's ratings, Louis goes to increasingly greater lengths to catch the "money shot."

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Critics Consensus

Restless, visually sleek, and powered by a lithe star performance from Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler offers dark, thought-provoking thrills.

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Shadow and Act Staff

Shadow and Act

09/13/2022

Although I was able to put aside my knowledge that nothing occurring in this film would happen in reality, there are moments in the film where I was pulled out of it...

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

03/07/2017

Intriguing, unnerving and haunting.

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Emily St. James

Vox

09/26/2016

Nightcrawler, on its surface, is a relatively straightforward thriller, built around a slightly improbable but very effective main character, a man who starts as an antihero and plunges straight ahead toward villainy.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

5h

3/4

In a knockout performance, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, the type of guy who would not only sell his own mother but would chop her up into tiny pieces to facilitate the transaction.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 23

4/5

In a movie like this, our own voyeurism and curiosity takes over and we find ourselves enraptured in what we see, even if it is wrong and against our usual likes, dislikes, morals, or beliefs.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

12/23/2024

5/5

Much like the satirical Network, Nightcrawler is the type of thriller that makes audiences think about things as the film moves along, frame by frame, into the Los Angeles underbelly late at night.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored 6h

One of the darkest action movies ever!

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Ry D

@rydub 5d

Nightcrawler is the type of thriller that makes audiences think about things as the film moves along, frame by frame, into the Los Angeles underbelly late at night.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu 5d

Monsters next door. Forget slashers - the real evil is Lou and Nina's ruthless opportunism. Everyday psychopaths succeeding undetected. Gripping gem!

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 12

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🍅

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Lucile F

@lucile_fl Feb 6

Another great performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie takes you on a journey through nighttime LA and addresses controversial topics of ethics, women in the workplace and the line between completing one's job description and overstepping into moral wrongfulness. It is much to think about and certainly relevant to current times. The storyline may perhaps have benefitted from further information on the background of the lead and a little more depth into Rick's character to make the ending even more poignant. Great watch nonetheless.

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Oscar G

Feb 1

Nightcrawler is a movie that doesn't concern itself with being faithful to reality. That's not its terrain; instead, the film effortlessly transports the viewer into an uncanny, warped and historically impossible reflection of our world, one which enhances its most grotesque, and gives birth to edge characters. Among those, Lou, the protagonist played by Jake Gyllenhaal, shines like no other, as the perfect LinkedIn profile turned a wretched dreg of society, captivating for its crude radicality. The viewer should not come to Nightcrawler looking for a moralist tale; on the contrary, this movie is unapologetic in making the audience participant of the thrill and excitement of the protagonist.

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Synopsis

Los Angeles denizen Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) survives by scavenging and petty theft. He stumbles into a new career as a cameraman and -- armed with a camcorder and police scanner -- begins nocturnal forays across the city in search of shocking and grisly crimes. When he catches the eye of a shopworn news director (Rene Russo) who welcomes the chance to raise her station's ratings, Louis goes to increasingly greater lengths to catch the "money shot."

Director: Dan Gilroy
Producer: Michel Litvak, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter: Dan Gilroy
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Bold Films
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Images|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2014, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 5, 2014
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 27, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.4M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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