
Flicks, Matt Glasby
The onset of so-called citizen journalism – whereby members of the public capture the news on camera – is meant to be democratic, but what if the citizen in question isn't quite all there?
Full reviewJake Gyllenhaal leads this Los Angeles-set drama as a devilishly persistent creep who, struggling for employment, barges into the underground world of freelance crime journalism. Co-stars Rene Russo. The directorial debut from screenwriter Dan Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy, Real Steel).
After a chance late night encounter introduces Lou Bloom (Gyllenhaal) to the freelance footage game, he begins competing with other enterprising journos to capture crime on video. Forging a mutually beneficial relationship with a news producer (Russo), Bloom starts building a business, giving her first dibs on his footage. With this sociopath is roaming late night Los Angeles in a grubby, cut-throat industry, what could possibly go wrong?
LessThe onset of so-called citizen journalism – whereby members of the public capture the news on camera – is meant to be democratic, but what if the citizen in question isn't quite all there?
Full reviewA feast of capital-A acting that's sometimes amusing to watch but not believable for so much as a second.
Full reviewGyllenhaal is sensational headlining a pitch-black satire with its finger on the pulse.
Full reviewGyllenhaal summons career-best work... hammers home Louis's mania in ferocious, near-OCD monologues—one of which will bring your audience to stupefied applause—that reveal a truly dangerous operator.
Full reviewGyllenhaal's performance is so dedicated, and Gilroy's world so determinedly realised that it forces its way to originality.
Full reviewMuch as Gilroy tries to be his own killjoy, Gyllenhaal’s wickedness prevails.
Full reviewThe film's constant shifts of tone can grow tiring, even if the action as a whole never gets boring.
Full reviewSharp, dark, satirical and bone-rattlingly thrilling, with a career-peak turn from Jake Gyllenhaal.
Full reviewNightcrawler is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and Academy On Demand.
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