TIFF Film Review: Nocturnal Animals. Bookmark and follow. She hangs the art up and forgets about it, finding little to no deeper meaning or purpose in any of it. Left alone in her sprawling mansion when her husband leaves on a . The acting is almost uniformly excellent. Adams puts in an even better than usual performance as both a jaded middle- aged woman on the verge of a crisis and her still wide- eyed younger self. Michael Sheen and Jena Malone charm in what would have been disposable roles in less capable hands. Laura Linney destroys both audiences and her daughter. And Michael Shannon blows all of those excellent turns away by Michael Shannon- ing his way through the novel narrative as a grizzled, wry detective who befriends the beleaguered Edward. The talent behind the camera is equally skilled. Awards season is beginning to take shape as we move through the film festival circuit, and the awards from the 2016 Venice Film Festival put a spotlight on.Tom Ford made his name as an American fashion designer before shifting gears to film, and he's often praised for his visual eye over his narrative prowess. Just like the Federal Reserve Funny Joke Money. Well this is how Funny it Get's. When you go into the Hospital. But none of the thoughtfulness, care, or compassion that was so evident in Ford. Much like Susan herself, it. And the overlapping visuals are even less clever. He later pulls a similar trick with showers.
And another with bare bottoms.) Lofty ideas of class, thwarted ambition, the superficiality of L. A. It might work on a meta- level, if you consider the interaction between artist and audience a fourth layer of narrative, one in which the way that Ford toys with his viewers begins to mimic the way that Tony seems to bait Susan as the plots progress, but even that would be more of a clever parlor trick than an inspired work of genius.
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