Shot by cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt with impressive clarity to the night scenes and weight to the mostly outdoor settings, Night Moves is an austere and beautifully composed film, marked by three excellent and nuanced performances at the center.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 21, 2022

This may chronicle the events leading up to and after an eco-terrorist attack on an hydroelectric dam, but director Kelly Reichardt's tightly drawn character study isn't concerned with advocating or condemning green politics.

| Jan 22, 2022

'Night Moves' is not a movie that explores why people do what they do, but how they deal with what they have done.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 9, 2021

A sparse but chilling eco-thriller starring Jesse Eisenberg...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 26, 2021

"Night Moves" is a decent thriller with a unique, interesting hook, but in the end it's too procedural and removed in nature.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 8, 2020

Jesse Eisenberg with stylish facial hair steals the acting thunder in indie auteur Kelly Reichardt's environmental thriller...

| Jun 16, 2020

Night Moves is defined as one of the most original films in its class. [Full Review in Spanish]

| May 8, 2020

NIGHT MOVES exerts a boa-like grip on the audience, coiling the film tighter without the viewer noticing until the peril and consequences feel much more imminent.

| Feb 13, 2020

Eisenberg delivers one of his best performances since The Social Network.

| Jul 2, 2019

The last time Reichardt took a crack at a genre film it was the western with Meek's Cutoff, which worked wonderfully. This time I think she simply picked the wrong area to work with.

| Original Score: 5.9/10 | Jun 26, 2019

This gripping film eschews typical tropes and character archetypes in favour of gradually wrenching the audience's collective stomach with a building tension.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2019

Methodical, moody and breezily reflective...has a slow-footed pacing but registers with quiet resonance in its message about lingering environmental indifference and the retaliation against the establishment that allows for such blatant negligence.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 8, 2018

Captivating performances from Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning propel Night Moves into a league of its own, whose tension is felt romantically, ethically and emotionally.

| Nov 8, 2018

The stakes are real... but so are the costs of action and "Night Moves" is all about responsibility.

| Feb 4, 2018

This is Eisenberg's most introspective performance to date, and taking cues from his performance, the film unfolds with a steady, measured pace.

| Sep 26, 2017

So much potential overshadowed by poor execution that begs the all important question: Why should we care?

| Original Score: C- | Sep 2, 2017

[Night Moves] can be a bit one-note at times, but watching the characters live in and respond to the trouble they've caused for themselves is half the fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2017

Reichardt's work explores themes of isolation in a society that is slowly coming undone at the edges.

| Jun 20, 2017

Succeeds mightily when it comes to creating tension but struggles a little more with making its plot run together smoothly.

| Sep 22, 2016

Reichardt's richly drawn characters make it often fascinating, as we observe their contradictions and very human failings, and finally build to a daringly unresolved finale.

| Aug 10, 2016