Nocturnal Animals (2016)

11/04/2016 (US) • 1h 57m

Drama, Thriller

When you love someone you can't just throw it away.

Overview

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Top Billed Cast

Amy Adams

Susan Morrow

Jake Gyllenhaal

Edward Sheffield / Tony Hastings

Michael Shannon

Bobby Andes

Isla Fisher

Laura Hastings

Ellie Bamber

India Hastings

Armie Hammer

Hutton Morrow

Karl Glusman

Lou Bates

Robert Aramayo

Steve 'Turk' Adams


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$22,500,000.00

Revenue

$29,300,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

cheating

parent child relationship

hostage

insomnia

flashback

revenge

murder

cancer

writer

overbearing mother

art

novelist

ex-husband ex-wife relationship

carjacking

story within the story

sexual assault

abortion

art exhibition

ambiguity

ambiguous

ambivalent

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