Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016) by Katherine C — 04 Mar 2017

3 - felt like a weird, dark, stylish, artistic movie that had the potential to be something thrilling but ended up being underwhelming.

This review of Nocturnal Animals (2016) was written by Katherine C on 04 Mar 2017.

Nocturnal Animals has generally received positive reviews.

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Just bad, very bad. Absolutley not interesting story, silly acts of characters, and, thriller? Whaat? It is not thriller AT ALL…

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A case of style over substance. The story is okay but gets lost in the pretentious nature of it all…

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