Hell, even Aaron Taylor-Johnson delivers a solid performance. And, in what amounts to nothing more than glorified cameos, both Laura Linney and Jena Malone turn in fine work. Michael Shannon also steals scenes as a foul-mouthed, cigarette chomping police officer in the novel-within-the-film. Adams may have been slightly miscast (she’s still so likable, even when trying to play an ice-queen), but she remains an absorbing screen presence and carries the film. The cast of A-listers try their hardest to sell the material, and mostly succeed. Why would she be so impressed by what ultimately boils down to a Southern edition of Criminal Minds? ![]() But one trait the script does succeed in selling to the audience is that Susan is a woman of refined taste. Susan doesn’t seem like a mean-spirited person just someone who made some mistakes in her past and has moved past them. The whole narrative relies on the audience both disliking Susan, and believing that she would be thoroughly riveted by the novel her ex-husband wrote. The novel within the film is meant to mirror the collapse of Susan and Edward’s marriage, seen in flashbacks, but the connection is never all that convincing. The main reason these stories fall apart is because they never truly come together. And while Adams story remains entertaining for a longer stretch of time, it eventually comes to a hugely anticlimactic ending, and contains some surprisingly mean-spirited jabs at LA lifestyles that come off as quasi-misogynistic. The stars are clearly having a ball with this material, but it’s hard for the audiences to have as much fun when they’re watching women getting tortured or sexually threatened by psychopaths. Gyllenhaal’s story never really comes together tonally it’s filled with dark subject matter and brutal violence, but is played like a pulpy comedy by much of its cast. But both of these stories eventually develop problems. The second story also kicks off strongly enough, with a very suspenseful, 17-minute car chase between Gyllenhaal’s character and his harassers. The first story has a hypnotic quality to it, with Ford making the most of Amy Adams’ emotive eyes to convey her sense of unhappiness. On paper, this plot sounds fascinating and, for at least thirty minutes, Ford manages to effectively pull you into these two unique worlds. Susan is riveted by the novel, but also somewhat disturbed, as it has unusual parallels with the way her first marriage came to a close. The novel, which viewers see acted out on screen as Susan reads it, is a violent tale about a husband (also Gyllenhaal) who seeks bloody revenge against a trio of sadistic rednecks that have kidnap his wife and daughter. One day, she receives an unusual package from her ex-husband, Edward (Gyllenhaal): the manuscript of his first novel, which he’s dedicated to her. She hates her work, longs to be more creative, and is aware that her second husband (Armie Hammer) is in the midst of an affair with a younger woman. In the first, Amy Adams stars as Susan, an art gallery owner in the midst of an existential crisis. ![]() Nocturnal Animals unfolds in dual narratives, which never intersect but attempt to complement one another. ![]() And why wouldn’t he? It’s been seven years since the fashion icon stepped into the director’s chair with the phenomenal A Single Man, and his highly anticipated follow-up features a cast of Hollywood A-listers, headlined by Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal. "She was absolutely who I wanted for that role from the very beginning because I wanted the character of Susan to be sympathetic.Opening his film with a montage of plus sized models dancing in the nude, it’s clear that Tom Ford wants to grab and keep your full attention with Nocturnal Animals. "Amy Adams was the very first person I cast, " Tom said during an interview on The Jess Cagle Show, according to Entertainment Weekly. Related: Amy Adams Remembers Philip Seymour Hoffman And Why She Loved Working With Him It seems as though he cast Amy in his head prior to finishing his script adaptation of Austin Wright's 1993 novel, "Tony And Susan". The acclaimed fashion designer and filmmaker, who suffered a terrible loss in 2021, claimed that he always knew that Amy Adams was the woman for Susan Morrow. There's no doubt that Tom Ford went a very conventional direction in his process for casting the film's two leads. Why Tom Ford Cast Amy Adams And Jake Gyllenhaal In Nocturnal Animals Particularly when casting the actors who would support the leads (Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal), Tom turned to Google for help. During an interview with Vulture, writer/director Tom Ford revealed that he had a very unorthodox (yet relatable) way of casting the film.
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