Review of Nightcrawler (2014) by Bradysmith — 03 Nov 2014

Attack of the evil Sheldon Cooper could be a good secondary title for this movie. Gyllenhaal is hyper creepy and disturbing as the immoral news video gatherer. He's utterly convincing. I felt a sort of weird pity for him at first, but this was all washed away once it became clear just how twisted the character really was.

Nightcrawler is a very exciting movie, full of intense action scenes. It's also a very stylish looking film. It uses neon and shadows in much of the way Drive did, but not quite to that movie's vibrant extant.

There are some surprising turns, the story is involving, and the satire is sharp, but I also felt that in the end it didn't have enough weight to it. It's memorable, but something about it is fairly distant, and unattainable.

You'd never guess that it's a small budget indie film though. It has all the polish of a major Hollywood blockbuster. I wouldn't be shocked if it ended up with a couple Oscar nominations, even in some of the major categories.