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Nightcrawler
7.4
/10
5,491 Ratings

Synopsis

A disturbed loner, living on the fringe of society, muscles his way into the lucrative underworld of tabloid crime journalism. Scouring the city for crimes of a shocking nature, he is aided by a veteran news director looking to raise station ratings.

Our take

Jake Gyllenhaal gives one of his best performances as the sociopathic embodiment of journalistic amorality in Dan Gilroy’s Oscar®-nominated neo-noir. Magnificently shot by longstanding Paul Thomas Anderson collaborator Robert Elswit, Nightcrawler is a sizzling satire of the vampiric media machine.