Movie 28. Nocturnal Animals (2016)
What a bizarre movie. Amy Adams plays an icy, successful career woman married to Armie Hammer. They're an attractive pair with nothing wrong with them, but she seems unsatisfied in her relationship. Then, her ex sends her a novel, and we start mostly following the novel and a few flashbacks to the protagonist's relationship with her ex.
The novel begins with the lead character being held at gunpoint as his wife and daughter are kidnapped and eventually raped and murdered off screen. It then turns into a slog of a trek as, along with a cop, the protagonist extracts a bloody revenge. In Amy Adams's mind, her the lead of the novel is portrayed by her ex, Jake Gyllenhaal.
There isn't much of a plot to the movie. It's a series of unsettling scenes and closeups of Amy Adams's eyes as she reads the book. The movie also begins with a series of naked women dancing. It's dark and bizarre and uncomfortable and really just not my thing as thrillers go, though it does have a way of lingering in my mind afterward, which may be a sign of its success.
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