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By Brad Keefe (343) for Columbus Alive (355) on 29 Oct 2014

You see some influence of other iconic characters - Norman Bates, Verbal Kint, Gordon Gekko - but Gyllenhaal's Lou Bloom becomes his own icon…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 29 Oct 2014

Gyllenhaal is Intensely Enthralling throughout this film…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 29 Oct 2014

Nightcrawler is the culmination of everything Gyllenhaal has been building to since setting off on a different path…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for About.com (1,470) on 29 Oct 2014

This smart thriller-drama has dark gravity and a sharp-toothed smile, with Jake Gyllenhaal giving one of 2014's best performances in an economic…

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By William Goss (413) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 29 Oct 2014

Releasing Nightcrawler on Halloween may seem counterintuitive, but then again, when better to release a thoroughly gripping portrait of an…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 29 Oct 2014

It ultimately proves questionable and unconvincing, but in this case, failure to launch is noble. It keeps you creeped out and fascinated…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 29 Oct 2014

Dark and cynical, filled with savage, scathing commentary about our media's relentless exploitation of violence…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Oct 2014

[VIDEO ESSAY] Jake Gyllenhaal's canny portrayal delivers a revelatory character study of an opportunistic sociopath working all the angles…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 28 Oct 2014

Rene Russo is spot-on as Nina, an aging TV news director who is the only person Bloom will sell his footage to…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Oct 2014

On the strength of Gyllenhaal's performance, Nightcrawler works best as a character study…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 28 Oct 2014

Dan Gilroy's directorial debut only offers a familiar vision of today's newsman and producers as misery peddlers, and callow ratings slaves…

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By Emma Dibdin (195) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 28 Oct 2014

The hypnotic electronic score from James Newton Howard and neon-tinged vision of LA from Roger Elswitt recall Drive, but there's none of that…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 27 Oct 2014

Debut director Dan Gilroy has crafted a characterful satire that doesn't say much that's original but which skewers its targets with humour and flair…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 27 Oct 2014

Dan Gilroy's sleek and slick indictment of TV news crawls under the skin thanks, in great part, to a knockout performance from a sensational…

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By Jamie Graham (285) for Total Film (3,532) on 27 Oct 2014

Gyllenhaal is sensational headlining a pitch-black satire with its finger on the pulse…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 27 Oct 2014

Nightcrawler has patches of clunkiness, to be sure, and Lou’s face-off at a police station, near the end, feels graceless and unnecessary…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 01 Oct 2014

From the distance, it can look like the mutated cousin of something like Broadcast News or Network…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Nuke the Fridge (40) on 01 Oct 2014

Apparently we won't stop enabling the MEDIA to sell us fear, so maybe getting to know the people who deliver it will help…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 15 Sep 2014

This is a terrific performance by Gyllenhaal, completely inhabiting a spook of a man, a ghoul to remember…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 13 Sep 2014

The film plays with tension beautifully, and there are a few set pieces that I think are all-timers…

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