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Movie ID: 1199
RT slug: nightcrawler
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightcrawler
Release year: 2014
Runtime: 116 mins
Wide release date: 2014-10-31
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2015-01-27
Tomatometer final: 95%
Audience score final: 86%
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Dan Gilroy
Writers: Dan Gilroy
Producers: David Lancaster, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Fox, Michel Litvak, Tony Gilroy
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-21 15:22:58
Updated: 2026-08-21 15:22:58
Los Angeles denizen Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) survives by scavenging and petty theft. He stumbles into a new career as a cameraman and -- armed with a camcorder and police scanner -- begins nocturnal forays across the city in search of shocking and grisly crimes. When he catches the eye of a shopworn news director (Rene Russo) who welcomes the chance to raise her station's ratings, Louis goes to increasingly greater lengths to catch the "money shot."
Restless, visually sleek, and powered by a lithe star performance from Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler offers dark, thought-provoking thrills.
Canonical reviews: 279
Canonical fresh: 265
Canonical rotten: 14
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 95%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-21 15:01:33
Snapshot Tomatometer: 95%
Snapshot review count: 279
Snapshot fresh count: 265
Snapshot rotten count: 14
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| 2 | Rene Russo | Nina |
| 3 | Bill Paxton | Joe Loder |
| 4 | Riz Ahmed | Rick |
| 5 | Ann Cusack | Linda |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
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| 247822 | Jonathon Wilson | Ready Steady Cut | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-06-07T10:12:41.000Z | 2026-06-07 10:12:41 | But this is Gyllenhaal’s show, easily the best performance of his career in perhaps the best movie of an already remarkable body of work. |
| 247823 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-02-23T20:56:51.000Z | 2026-02-23 20:56:51 | Nightcrawler is an excellent example of a thriller with a script and visuals that grab the audience from the beginning and doesn't let go until the very end. |
| 247824 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-02-22T04:43:02.000Z | 2026-02-22 04:43:02 | In a knockout performance, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, the type of guy who would not only sell his own mother but would chop her up into tiny pieces to facilitate the transaction. |
| 247825 | Don Shanahan | Every Movie Has a Lesson | Fresh | 4/5 | 2025-07-23T03:53:17.000Z | 2025-07-23 03:53:17 | In a movie like this, our own voyeurism and curiosity takes over and we find ourselves enraptured in what we see, even if it is wrong and against our usual likes, dislikes, morals, or beliefs. |
| 247826 | Danielle Solzman | Solzy at the Movies | Fresh | 5/5 | 2024-12-23T14:09:32.000Z | 2024-12-23 14:09:32 | Much like the satirical Network, Nightcrawler is the type of thriller that makes audiences think about things as the film moves along, frame by frame, into the Los Angeles underbelly late at night. |
| 247827 | Calum Cooper | Movie Marker | Fresh | 5/5 | 2024-09-26T10:13:42.000Z | 2024-09-26 10:13:42 | A riveting, rich and masterfully assembled work of film noir, its gripping commentary and visuals are surpassed only by Gyllenhaal’s tremendous performance. |
| 247828 | John Flickinger | The Flick Pick (Youtube) | Fresh | — | 2024-03-25T01:02:52.000Z | 2024-03-25 01:02:52 | Indulge in the enigmatic charm of Gyllenhaal portraying an oddly likable sociopath, coupled with dark humor and a riveting yet straightforward plot. Nightcrawler isn't just a movie; it's a gift you give yourself, with a runtime that flies by. |
| 247829 | Shadow and Act Staff | Shadow and Act | Fresh | — | 2022-09-13T23:22:05.000Z | 2022-09-13 23:22:05 | Although I was able to put aside my knowledge that nothing occurring in this film would happen in reality, there are moments in the film where I was pulled out of it... |
| 247830 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-08-24T16:46:12.000Z | 2022-08-24 16:46:12 | It’s such a creepy, tense, and efficient crime/psychological thriller. |
| 247831 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 4/4 | 2022-07-18T02:45:06.000Z | 2022-07-18 02:45:06 | Beneath Nightcrawler’s outward critique of the media’s desperate need to see and record human atrocity for mass ratings, there’s a more disturbing character study about Gyllenhaal’s fascinating and fantastically played psychopath. |
| 247832 | Danilo Castro | Next Best Picture | Fresh | 8/10 | 2022-05-17T04:36:04.000Z | 2022-05-17 04:36:04 | Nightcrawler is simply one of the best crime films of the 2010s. |
| 247833 | Cory Woodroof | Williamson Home Page | Fresh | — | 2022-02-11T06:06:39.000Z | 2022-02-11 06:06:39 | Nightcrawler can be a hard film to stomach at times, but its message is sound. Outside of the strong craftsmanship, the film is a scarily magnetic character study of a guy who dreamed the American Dream in the absolute worst way possible. |
| 247834 | Jason Adams | My New Plaid Pants | Fresh | — | 2022-01-10T20:40:59.000Z | 2022-01-10 20:40:59 | A razor's edge satire you'll be so busy being enthralled by you won't even notice the adrenaline shot of righteous anger being shot straight into your veins |
| 247835 | Alex Bentley | CultureMap | Fresh | — | 2021-09-02T16:51:41.000Z | 2021-09-02 16:51:41 | There are a number of factors that contribute to the success of Nightcrawler ... but if ever a film were a one-man show, it is this one, as Gyllenhaal makes the movie his own from minute one. |
| 247836 | Dan Brightmore | NME (New Musical Express) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-05-26T22:50:32.000Z | 2021-05-26 22:50:32 | Jake Gyllenhaal's transformation deserves an Oscar in one of this year's best films... |
| 247837 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-02-02T13:20:39.000Z | 2021-02-02 13:20:39 | Paints an ugly picture of the news business, but it's not simply a satire or condemnation. It's frequently funny and there are some very tense action scenes, but at the end it is Gyllenhaal's bold performance that stands out. |
| 247838 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Fresh | 9/10 | 2020-12-04T04:32:24.000Z | 2020-12-04 04:32:24 | Thanks to Gyllenhaal's quirky and unhinged performance, this is a volatile ride worth taking. |
| 247839 | Film Companion Staff | Film Companion | Fresh | — | 2020-10-27T23:51:48.000Z | 2020-10-27 23:51:48 | A pulse-pounding thriller set on the streets of Los Angeles, Nightcrawler stars a phenomenal Jake Gyllenhaal as a man who rises to fame by recording violent events in the middle of the night. |
| 247840 | Stephen A. Russell | The New Daily (Australia) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2020-08-26T05:01:15.000Z | 2020-08-26 05:01:15 | Dan Gilroy's pitch black satire of the 24/7 news cycle and our morbid fascination with the misery of others is a devious delight. |
| 247841 | Prahlad Srihari | Firstpost | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2020-07-24T10:54:23.000Z | 2020-07-24 10:54:23 | Bloom's vulture-like instincts and sense of ambition is symptomatic of a society that enjoys its breakfast cereal with a spoon of blood-tinged violence. |
| 247842 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Fresh | A | 2020-07-17T17:14:30.000Z | 2020-07-17 17:14:30 | Just as we think things will snap into reality, Gilroy delves deeper into the surreal - working the satire with light taps to start, and ending with the thud of a hammer. |
| 247843 | Kelechi Ehenulo | Confessions From A Geek Mind | Fresh | 4/5 | 2020-07-16T23:54:24.000Z | 2020-07-16 23:54:24 | It skilfully juggles a character with no redeeming features through his obsession with his work and thrusts him into a world where the lines between right and wrong are always questioned and debated. |
| 247844 | Damond Fudge | KCCI (Des Moines, IA) | Fresh | — | 2020-07-06T22:12:02.000Z | 2020-07-06 22:12:02 | As a whole, Nightcrawler is a flawed but fascinating film. Gyllenhaal's brilliant performance outweighs most of the faults in the rest of the movie. |
| 247845 | PJ Nabarro | Patrick Nabarro | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-06-27T11:01:20.000Z | 2020-06-27 11:01:20 | Gyllenhaal is compelling and there is some truth in the way his character is able to elevate his status through sheer dogged determination and the demented zeal of a sociopath |
| 247846 | Yasser Medina | Cinefilia | Fresh | 7/10 | 2020-06-26T02:30:42.000Z | 2020-06-26 02:30:42 | 'Nightcrawler' is a clever thriller with a scoop that goes straight to the point. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247847 | Andrew Galdi | Movie Bitches | Fresh | — | 2020-05-27T21:22:16.000Z | 2020-05-27 21:22:16 | I really liked this movie... I found it a little dark. |
| 247848 | Avaryl Halley | Movie Bitches | Fresh | — | 2020-03-26T23:31:56.000Z | 2020-03-26 23:31:56 | I don't think my mom would like it, but that's fine. I did. |
| 247849 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-09-06T01:02:05.000Z | 2019-09-06 01:02:05 | It's an excitingly well written, dark hearted treatise with a vitriolic little statement all its own, a glorious new love letter to the seedy underside of Los Angeles, a city that bleeds during sleep. |
| 247850 | Leslie Combemale | Cinema Siren | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-08-02T23:02:33.000Z | 2019-08-02 23:02:33 | Gyllenhaal's Lou Bloom may not have visible fangs, but he'd give any movie monster an authentic run for their money. |
| 247851 | Ryan Syrek | The Reader (Omaha, NE) | Fresh | A | 2019-07-30T20:21:35.000Z | 2019-07-30 20:21:35 | Nightcrawler is an audacious mainstream thriller, a bombastic character study and a hell of a first movie for Gilroy, even if it's a little terrifying to think of what characters he will dream up next. |
| 247852 | Christopher Preston | One Room With A View | Fresh | 4/5 | 2019-05-31T22:14:23.000Z | 2019-05-31 22:14:23 | Gyllenhaal is Nightcrawler's battery; his creation, cooked from the greasy rinds of Jordan Belfort et al., saturates every frame with a queasy intensity. |
| 247853 | Patrick Gamble | CineVue | Rotten | 3/5 | 2019-04-03T22:01:39.000Z | 2019-04-03 22:01:39 | The aphorisms scattered throughout the film allude to a larger truth. Sadly, the film's inability to empower these feeble social stabs with any authenticity or depth of investigation leaves events feeling flat and forgettable. |
| 247854 | Ruth Maramis | FlixChatter Film Blog | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2019-03-05T16:26:20.000Z | 2019-03-05 16:26:20 | Nightcrawler is a brilliantly-crafted Neo-noir that has a lingering effect long after the end credits. The film was deservedly nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. |
| 247855 | Amanda Greever | The Daily Times (Tennessee) | Fresh | — | 2019-01-31T21:07:28.000Z | 2019-01-31 21:07:28 | Nightcrawler kept me on the edge of my seat and senses. It bleeds. It leads. And, you'll surely follow. |
| 247856 | Nathalia Aryani | San Diego Entertainer | Fresh | — | 2019-01-25T18:06:41.000Z | 2019-01-25 18:06:41 | A dark comedy and thriller rolled into one. |
| 247857 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Rotten | — | 2019-01-25T01:06:05.000Z | 2019-01-25 01:06:05 | It's a good performance from Gyllenhaal, and perhaps it's too good because he overshadows any of the social commentary with one of the year's most uncomfortable characters. |
| 247858 | Tara Judah | Overland | Fresh | — | 2019-01-08T00:06:10.000Z | 2019-01-08 00:06:10 | Nightcrawler attacked the mainstream media and the global financial crisis and the social inequities that create an undereducated class of internet-only consumers. |
| 247859 | Debbie Baldwin | Ladue News | Fresh | 7/10 | 2018-11-02T21:05:16.000Z | 2018-11-02 21:05:16 | The movie is a bit soulless, but that's the point. |
| 247860 | Aaron Peterson | The Hollywood Outsider | Fresh | 9/10 | 2018-10-24T16:15:51.000Z | 2018-10-24 16:15:51 | A brisk pace, a taut story, and one hell of a vividly unnerving performance from Gyllenhaal; Dan Gilroy has crafted the most original thriller of the year. Nightcrawler will haunt you for days. |
| 247861 | Pat Padua | DCist | Fresh | — | 2018-08-31T18:16:21.000Z | 2018-08-31 18:16:21 | Jake Gyllenhaal's greasy performance as Lou Bloom is a spot-on psychopath, spewing forth banalities like a deranged creep, but he never goes so far as to make his character someone you don't recognize. |
| 247862 | Molly Templeton | Eugene Weekly (OR) | Fresh | — | 2018-08-28T19:14:23.000Z | 2018-08-28 19:14:23 | Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Dan Gilroy loses some of the resonance when Bloom starts crossing lines, but there's another level of cultural relevance lurking in the characters. |
| 247863 | Asia Frey | Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) | Fresh | — | 2018-08-22T20:06:29.000Z | 2018-08-22 20:06:29 | As effective as it is as a character study, the action becomes flat out thrilling and suspenseful, and this is a fascinating, dark misadventure into a life driven by pure, pathetic ambition. |
| 247864 | Andrew Pollard | Starburst | Fresh | 9/10 | 2018-04-11T20:05:50.000Z | 2018-04-11 20:05:50 | Tense, atmospheric, chilling and always engaging, added to by a pulsating, frantic soundtrack, Nightcrawler is a special, often dark, film that strides over a minefield of morals. |
| 247865 | Camilla Long | Sunday Times (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2018-02-19T06:00:17.000Z | 2018-02-19 06:00:17 | What a slick and thrilling vampire B-movie this is. |
| 247866 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Fresh | 5/5 | 2017-12-02T02:53:27.000Z | 2017-12-02 02:53:27 | Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is nothing short of legendary |
| 247867 | Renuka Vyavahare | The Times of India | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-11-11T01:19:10.000Z | 2017-11-11 01:19:10 | Nightcrawler is tense and appalling, yet strangely funny, intriguing and engaging at the same time. Watch it. |
| 247868 | Rochelle Siemienowicz | Kill Your Darlings | Fresh | — | 2017-10-25T00:06:25.000Z | 2017-10-25 00:06:25 | Nightcrawler [works] as a stylish and exciting thriller. |
| 247869 | Sarah Marrs | Cinesnark | Fresh | — | 2017-10-18T00:41:21.000Z | 2017-10-18 00:41:21 | This is a performance for the film history books, and one that Gyllenhaal inhabits totally. |
| 247870 | Brooke Corso | The Monitor (McAllen, TX) | Fresh | B+ | 2017-08-17T18:47:11.000Z | 2017-08-17 18:47:11 | [Jake] Gyllenhaal is mesmerizing as the ruthlessly ambitious Bloom. |
| 247871 | Alex Heeney | Seventh Row | Fresh | — | 2017-08-14T23:06:26.000Z | 2017-08-14 23:06:26 | Most of all, Nightcrawler is a fine thriller and a great showcase for [Jake] Gyllenhaal's talent, wit, and comic timing. |
| 247872 | Dwight Brown | National Newspaper Publishers Association | Fresh | — | 2017-03-07T07:30:20.000Z | 2017-03-07 07:30:20 | Intriguing, unnerving and haunting. |
| 247873 | Emily St. James | Vox | Fresh | — | 2016-09-26T13:30:35.000Z | 2016-09-26 13:30:35 | Nightcrawler, on its surface, is a relatively straightforward thriller, built around a slightly improbable but very effective main character, a man who starts as an antihero and plunges straight ahead toward villainy. |
| 247874 | Sonny Bunch | Washington Free Beacon | Fresh | 3/4 | 2016-07-14T14:11:41.000Z | 2016-07-14 14:11:41 | What's fascinating about this movie is the way in which writer/director Dan Gilroy treats Bloom. He's framed as a regular cinematic hero rather than a devious anti-hero. |
| 247875 | Francesca Rudkin | New Zealand Herald | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2016-05-31T15:40:10.000Z | 2016-05-31 15:40:10 | Even if Gyllenhaal's Bloom doesn't entirely resonate, Nightcrawler is still an amusing, menacing and entertaining film. |
| 247876 | Fico Cangiano | CineXpress | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2016-04-28T13:31:26.000Z | 2016-04-28 13:31:26 | "Lou Bloom" is one of the most memorable characters I've seen in years. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247877 | J. Olson | Cinemixtape | Fresh | 4/5 | 2016-04-15T20:03:57.000Z | 2016-04-15 20:03:57 | Sinister and upsetting and strangely magnetic - as the best movie monsters are - Gyllenhaal rises above the intermittently pedestrian screenplay. |
| 247878 | Emine Yildirim | Today's Zaman (Turkey) | Fresh | — | 2016-03-01T13:02:39.000Z | 2016-03-01 13:02:39 | Written crisply, directed unapologetically and acted brutally, Nightcrawler is one of the best films of the year. |
| 247879 | Jared Mobarak | The Film Stage | Fresh | B+ | 2016-02-27T21:17:37.000Z | 2016-02-27 21:17:37 | Gyllenhaal's role overshadows the whole while also making it better. |
| 247880 | Nandini Ramnath | Scroll.in | Fresh | — | 2015-08-11T21:41:43.000Z | 2015-08-11 21:41:43 | It's a small, compact, tightly written picture, shot in richly expressionist tones by Robert Elswit and guided by an exquisitely judged lead performance. |
| 247881 | Sean Burns | Spliced Personality (Substack) | Rotten | — | 2015-06-10T13:17:48.000Z | 2015-06-10 13:17:48 | For a movie that tries so hard to be disturbing, Nightcrawler is actually quite comforting. It takes a societal sickness and blames it on a boogeyman. |
| 247882 | Sean Axmaker | Parallax View | Fresh | — | 2015-03-14T10:40:54.000Z | 2015-03-14 10:40:54 | It takes place almost entirely at night and director of photography Robert Elswit... carves out a marvelous neo-noir atmosphere of Los Angeles at night with his razor-sharp photography of the streets after dark... |
| 247883 | Kimberly Gadette | Doddle | Fresh | 9/10 | 2015-02-18T18:51:06.000Z | 2015-02-18 18:51:06 | The fascinating, disturbing Nightcrawler questions the line between crime reportage, and reportage that's a crime in and of itself. That is, if that line still exists at all... |
| 247884 | Paul Chambers | Movie Chambers | Fresh | A | 2015-02-14T09:20:41.000Z | 2015-02-14 09:20:41 | An emaciated Gyllenhaal plays Louis so adroitly, he must have been always intended to have this role. He snares the audience with his character's dark charm and floors you with his inhumanity. |
| 247885 | Matt Donato | We Got This Covered | Fresh | 7/10 | 2015-02-10T20:13:33.000Z | 2015-02-10 20:13:33 | Jake Gyllenhaal is better than the sum of Nightcrawler's parts, but the film is still a riveting, horrific exploitation that blurs the lines between American greed and the American dream. |
| 247886 | Mary Ann Brussat | Spirituality & Practice | Fresh | 4/5 | 2015-02-10T12:07:18.000Z | 2015-02-10 12:07:18 | A gripping drama about a wily hustler who finds success as a freelance photographer of night-time car crashes and violent crimes |
| 247887 | Dan Jardine | Cinemania | Fresh | 82/100 | 2015-01-23T18:28:32.000Z | 2015-01-23 18:28:32 | Nightcrawler gives us what we want--a "happy ending"-- as well as what we deserve-- a deliciously ironic comment on what passes for success in contemporary society. |
| 247888 | Patrick Cooper | Orlando Weekly | Fresh | — | 2015-01-17T09:15:17.000Z | 2015-01-17 09:15:17 | 89 "A chilling, addictive piece of pulp fiction driven full throttle by Gyllenhaal's revelatory performance." |
| 247889 | Blake Goble | Consequence | Fresh | A | 2015-01-09T06:58:48.000Z | 2015-01-09 06:58:48 | Nightcrawler feels like it's been building in Dan Gilroy for years. The director and his star have something interesting and even exciting on their hands. It's pretty can't miss stuff. |
| 247890 | Joe Williams | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2015-01-04T14:29:57.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:29:57 | Like an alternate version of Network in which Faye Dunaway cannibalizes the conscientious William Holden character, Nightcrawler cleverly dispenses with any debate about the tyranny of ratings and the erosion of privacy. |
| 247891 | Piers Marchant | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T14:28:22.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:28:22 | Gyllenhaal, never one to shy away from the darkness of a character's soul, is absolutely in his element. |
| 247892 | Donald Munro | Eye for Film | Fresh | 4/5 | 2015-01-04T14:27:18.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:27:18 | Although far from subtle, the metaphor of man as corporation is skillfully hidden behind black comedy, intense action and artful cinematography. |
| 247893 | Kate Erbland | Film School Rejects | Fresh | A | 2015-01-04T14:25:39.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:25:39 | Make no mistake, Nightcrawler is a major work for everyone involved. |
| 247894 | Timothy Wainwright | Christianity Today | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2015-01-04T14:24:16.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:24:16 | [Gyllenhaal's character] might be the post-recession cousin of Christian Bale in American Psycho. It's as if Humphrey Bogart had a baby face, lost all his marbles, and gotten a subscription to the Harvard Business Review. |
| 247895 | Nigel Andrews | Financial Times | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T14:17:36.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:17:36 | Filmmaker Gilroy, brother to Tony (of the darkly marvellous Michael Clayton), makes every cinematic second count. If you blink you miss a tell-tale reaction shot, a vital visual plot clue, or a brilliant cut-in. |
| 247896 | Dave White | Movies.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2015-01-04T14:13:34.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:13:34 | It's a slinky black cat of a movie, commanding attention and reeling you in to follow down filthy, dangerous alleys. |
| 247897 | Christopher Lawrence | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Fresh | B | 2015-01-04T14:11:47.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:11:47 | Gyllenhaal anchors Nightcrawler with a gonzo, transformative performance. |
| 247898 | Norman Wilner | NOW Toronto | Fresh | 4/5 | 2015-01-04T14:10:32.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:10:32 | Gilroy's script is less interested in social commentary than in crafting a slippery character study, and Gyllenhaal is perfectly suited to that. |
| 247899 | Edward Johnson-Ott | NUVO Newsweekly | Fresh | 4/5 | 2015-01-04T14:06:13.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:06:13 | More a character study than a thriller, Nightcrawler is well-acted and compelling. |
| 247900 | Genevieve Valentine | Philadelphia Weekly | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T14:05:23.000Z | 2015-01-04 14:05:23 | It's a modern-noir portrait of the way we eat our news, but amid the media, Nightcrawler slowly turns its unblinking eye on something darker. And much closer to home. |
| 247901 | Jim Lane | Sacramento News & Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2015-01-04T13:59:29.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:59:29 | Writer-director Dan Gilroy create a compelling portrait of a slick hustler straight out of What Makes Sammy Run?, prowling the garish neon mean streets instead of the studios of Hollywood, willing to stoop to anything, even murder. |
| 247902 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T13:56:13.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:56:13 | As its title implies, writer-director Dan Gilroy's L.A. noir drama Nightcrawler will get under your skin with its profile of a go-getter whose ambition and amorality know no bounds. |
| 247903 | Scott Marks | San Diego Reader | Fresh | 5/5 | 2015-01-04T13:49:56.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:49:56 | A gritty urban comedy noir, a scathing, Network-worthy disembowelment of television newsgatherers that will leave you craving a shower. |
| 247904 | Dana Stevens | Slate | Rotten | — | 2015-01-04T13:48:55.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:48:55 | It seems like a lot of satirical hue and cry about a social problem I'm not sure the nation is currently plagued by. Are local TV news stations really conducting daily bidding wars over the goriest footage random freelancers can bring them? |
| 247905 | Mal Vincent | The Virginian-Pilot | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T13:46:18.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:46:18 | As befits a nightcrawler, this film suggests a creepy world of urban blight. Its rawness is as mesmerizing as it is threatening. |
| 247906 | Michael Smith | Tulsa World | Fresh | 4/4 | 2015-01-04T13:45:21.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:45:21 | Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis, and he delivers a devil of a performance in one of the best movies of 2014. |
| 247907 | AP Kryza | Willamette Week | Fresh | B+ | 2015-01-04T13:44:26.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:44:26 | The film is as funny as it is unsettling... and it's plenty unsettling. |
| 247908 | Stephen Rebello | Playboy Online | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2015-01-04T13:43:33.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:43:33 | Creepy, nasty, often hilarious stuff, Nightcrawler shows Gyllenhaal exactly where he seems to want to be and having the time of his life while he's at it. |
| 247909 | Dana Barbuto | The Patriot Ledger | Fresh | — | 2015-01-04T13:41:51.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:41:51 | You never fail to keep your eyes glued to Gyllenhaal. |
| 247910 | David Blaustein | ABC News Radio | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2015-01-04T13:40:17.000Z | 2015-01-04 13:40:17 | Nightcrawler is a savvy story about the media's often compromised moral compass, built around a searing and indelible performance by the consistently impressive Jake Gyllenhaal. |
| 247911 | Matthew Toomey | ABC Radio (Australia) | Fresh | A- | 2014-12-12T20:21:22.000Z | 2014-12-12 20:21:22 | When you throw in his passive aggressive personality, you've got one of the creepiest characters that we've seen on screen this year. |
| 247912 | Bill Clark | FromTheBalcony | Fresh | A- | 2014-12-11T06:37:20.000Z | 2014-12-11 06:37:20 | Headlined by career best work from Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler is one of the darker and craftier thrillers to come along in quite awhile. |
| 247913 | Bruce Bennett | Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Fresh | B+ | 2014-12-10T22:28:50.000Z | 2014-12-10 22:28:50 | Stands apart from the crowd at the multiplex, a tight, absorbing thriller despite its rather murky messages. |
| 247914 | Eric Melin | Scene-Stealers.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2014-12-09T13:00:59.000Z | 2014-12-09 13:00:59 | Gyllenhaal's character isn't actually obsessed with real-life tragedy and carnage. Instead, his predatory creep has something else on his mind: success. Lou is a product of his generation - a DIY careerist, unburdened by a conscience. |
| 247915 | CJ Johnson | Film Mafia | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2014-12-09T12:45:13.000Z | 2014-12-09 12:45:13 | A true original, and a totally awesome entertainment, all the more so if you like your satire as bitter and black as a Turkish espresso. |
| 247916 | Luke Buckmaster | The Daily Review/Crikey | Fresh | — | 2014-12-07T04:06:47.000Z | 2014-12-07 04:06:47 | After all these years Jake Gyllenhaal has finally found his perfect role. |
| 247917 | Jake Wilson | Sydney Morning Herald | Fresh | 3/5 | 2014-12-03T13:58:52.000Z | 2014-12-03 13:58:52 | The film remains an amusingly sick joke and, despite its preachiness, a fun ride. |
| 247918 | John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2014-12-01T13:17:11.000Z | 2014-12-01 13:17:11 | Working the space between the De Niros of 'Taxi Driver' and 'The King of Comedy,' Gyllenhaal is memorably creepy and almost cadaverous... |
| 247919 | Tim Martain | The Mercury (Australia) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2014-11-29T01:30:21.000Z | 2014-11-29 01:30:21 | Nightcrawler paints a pretty grim picture of modern society and the logical outcome of our collective insatiable thirst for information, bigger shocks and faster delivery. |
| 247920 | Matt Glasby | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2014-11-26T18:34:11.000Z | 2014-11-26 18:34:11 | This is Gyllenhaal's film: his best since Zodiac, which it closely resembles. |
| 247921 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2014-11-26T11:36:47.000Z | 2014-11-26 11:36:47 | When it comes to Nightcrawler, it is best to be both alert and alarmed. |
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