NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (USA/UK 2016) ***1/2
Director: Tom Ford
Writers: Tom Ford (screenplay), Austin Wright (based on the novel “Tony and Susan” by)
Stars: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon
Review by Gilbert Seah
Fashion designer Tom Ford’s second film after his successful acclaimed A SINGLE MAN is by no means a perfect film, but Ford is a director who can command an audience’s attention. Made up of a number of serious set-pieces, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS is a handsome mounted production, sleek and chic like Tom Ford’s designs.
The protagonist of the piece is a successful Los Angeles arts gallery owner and designer by the name of Susan (Amy Adams). Susan often has sleepless nights and could thus be classified as a nocturnal animal. Her ex-husband Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal) has recently completed a book titled NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, about three redneck thugs who prey on a family after carjacking them. Tony sends Susan…
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