![]() Wearing a decadent green gown in an upscale restaurant, Susan waits hopefully for him. Perhaps ready to finally forgive her for the infidelity that broke up their marriage, Edward accepts. Shaken by its horrific contents, yet moved by the skillful writing, Susan calls Edward and invites him to have dinner with her. Nocturnal Animals the film ends shortly after Susan finishes reading Nocturnal Animals the manuscript. Tony winds up killing the main assailant but also accidentally shoots himself afterward. ![]() As Susan reads, the film then depicts the story within.Įdward’s novel follows Tony Hastings (also Gyllenhaal), a man who goes on a bender for revenge after his wife Laura ( Isla Fisher) and daughter India ( Ellie Bamber) are kidnapped, raped, and murdered by a sadistic trio of men whom they encounter on the road. The book-to-be, written by her estranged ex-husband, Edward Sheffield ( Jake Gyllenhaal), is also titled Nocturnal Animals. The film, an adaptation of Austin Wright’s 1993 novel Tony and Susan, first introduces Susan Morrow ( Amy Adams), a wealthy gallery owner who is surprised one night by the arrival of a manuscript. Perhaps it means to tell us that exacting justice is never a simple feat, and in the real world, it always comes with unexpected casualties. The film introduces the blueprint of the revenge movie only to subvert it and turn it on its head at the end. But on closer look, the twisted neo-noir isn’t quite as simple as your run-of-the-mill bid for vengeance. Tom Ford’s stylish sophomore feature, Nocturnal Animals (2016), has all the necessary elements. Yes, prepare for spoilers.Ī good revenge story ultimately needs three things: a spiteful, cold-blooded villain a heinous crime with a helpless victim and last but certainly not least, a triumphant hero. This time, we consider two possible explanations for the ambiguous ending of Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals. ![]() I'm not big into watching romance movies, but the relationship between Susan and her old husband and why they're no longer together is great, and it's paramount to the overall story.Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. If you like thrillers with a neo-noir atmosphere, I suggest watching this. I won't talk about the exact parallels, but both her story and the story her ex-husband wrote culminate in a terrific ending, carried by Amy Adams. Most of the movie is about the manuscript, but the girl in question reading it does see parallels between the movie and her life. That whole scene actually lasts a long time, much longer than those clips, and is carried by the creepiness of the guys in the other car and the tension and dialogue throughout. Up until this point, this movie doesn't at all seem like a thriller, which is its genre, but her reading of this manuscript is the thriller part as seen from the clip above. The premise is that you meet this woman Susan, who is an art gallery owner, and she receives the manuscript of a novel from a man with whom she was married. I never saw that film, so I didn't know what to expect from this one. It's directed by Tom Ford, who's only directed one other film (A Single Man). And about a minute or two into the movie, I said, ".why are we watching this?" Because it starts so, sooooo strangely.īut if you can just expect a weird beginning, the movie's seriously worth it. This movie was one my girlfriend picked out on Netflix when we saw the trailer and read the description.
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