Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals 2016 USA I have to say first I'm disappointed that Adams did not get a Oscar nomination for this or Arrival. Maybe both roles canceled each other out. I am happy the fantastic Michael Shannon is nominated. Plus super creepy Aaron Taylor-Johnson won at the globes. The movie is a story within a story. One follows Susan (Adams) who is unhappy in her current marriage receiving a copy of a novel from her ex-husband that he's been working on. The book is both dedicated to get and named nocturnal animals which happens to be his nickname for her. The other half of the movie is the novel. Following Hastings (Gyllenhaal) his wife and daughter on a road trip gone wrong. And not in a National Lampoon's vacation way. The movie is ultimately about the way Gyllenhaal felt in the marriage... It didn't end well. The novel part of this movie is a fantastic thriller with the main reason being Taylor-Johnson playing the perfect bad guy. It has a No Country For Old Men feel to it. The only negative is the current story line may be alittle style over substance and some satire that didn't need to be there.