In 2009, writer and director Tom Ford surprised audiences and critics everywhere with his directorial debut, A Single Man, which featured a stunning lead performance from Colin Firth and seemed to indicate the beginning of a promising filmmaking career from the world-renowned fashion designer. Then for some unknown reason, it’s ended up taking seven years for Ford to return to the big screen, with yet another star-studded and beautiful outing in Nocturnal Animals, a revenge tale about a seemingly fairytale romance torn apart by the past selfish mistakes of its characters.
Amy Adams leads the film as Susan Morrow, a successful art gallery owner living in Los Angeles, who one day is sent a manuscript in the mail from her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal). Dedicated to her, Susan reads the novel and begins to see the thematic parallels between Edward’s story about a man seeking revenge for the murder and rape of his wife and daughter and their marriage that fell apart almost two decades earlier.
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Amy Adams leads the film as Susan Morrow, a successful art gallery owner living in Los Angeles, who one day is sent a manuscript in the mail from her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal). Dedicated to her, Susan reads the novel and begins to see the thematic parallels between Edward’s story about a man seeking revenge for the murder and rape of his wife and daughter and their marriage that fell apart almost two decades earlier.
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