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Film · 2016

Nocturnal Animals

Directed by Tom Ford · starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Armie Hammer

  • 1 h 57 min
  • 15
  • Drama · Thriller
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 3 November 2016
  • 7.3 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.6 Users32 votes
  • 7.0 Critics2 reviews
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Synopsis

Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she is enduring middle class suburbia as the wife of a doctor, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking her to read the book; she was always his best critic, he says. As Susan reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a Math professor driving his family to their summer house in Maine. And as we read with her, we too become lost in Sheffield's thriller. As the Hastings' ordinary, civilized lives are disastrously, violently sent off course, Susan is plunged back into the past, forced to confront the darkness that inhabits her, and driven to name the fear that gnaws at her future and will change her life. Second feature film by the couturier Tom Ford for which has used the novel 'Tony and Susan' by Austin Wright. The film is starring by Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams.

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The essentials

Runtime
117 min1 hour and 57 minutes
Budget
$20mFocus Features
Box office
$9.7m0.5 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Nocturnal Animals?
1 hour and 57 minutes (117 minutes).
When was Nocturnal Animals released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 3 November 2016.
Who directed Nocturnal Animals?
Tom Ford.
Who is in Nocturnal Animals?
It stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer and Isla Fisher.
Where can I watch Nocturnal Animals?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Netflix and Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
How much did Nocturnal Animals make?
It took $9.7 million in US. It cost $20 million.
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Cast

Full cast (23)
Director
Tom Ford
Writers
Tom Ford
Producers
Tom Ford
Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey

Videos and trailers

All 8 videos
'Nocturnal Animals' Trailer 1:2620 October 2016

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 7 reviews
7.6 32 votes
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What the critics say average 7.0 from 2 outlets

  • 10 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "Tom Ford returns with wildly gripping revenge tale (...) a pitch-black thriller to make you queasy with tension and regret" Read
  • 4.0 Time OutDave Calhoun It's the fashion designer's second movie after his 2009 debut A Single Man, and this is a far more ambitious film, with its sprawling cast, various periods, layered storytelling and musings on life… Read
  • El MundoLuis Martínez "All the movie flows in an asepsia atmosphere almost sterile that slows down ballasts the offer". Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $20m
  • US $9.7m
  • UK £2.7m

Awards

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Soundtrack

All 2 songs
  1. BaudelaireSerge Gainsbourg Spotify
  2. Turning My World AroundMick Lister, Giles Edward Palmer

Trivia

  • Possible colleagues

    Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal have been cast in another project called 'Ezekiel Moss' which would have been directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. However, the project was scrapped after Hoffman's death in 2014.

  • Rejected role

    George Clooney was originally cast, but ultimated backed out.

  • Cast colleagues

    Amy Adams and Michael Shannon previously starred in 'Man of Steel'.

  • Alternative actress

    Laura Linney replaced Kim Basinger.

  • Rejected role

    Joaquin Phoenix was considered for a role, but eventually dropped out.

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