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.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 23, 2024

A riveting, rich and masterfully assembled work of film noir, its gripping commentary and visuals are surpassed only by Gyllenhaal’s tremendous performance.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 26, 2024

The second half of this film is some of the most tense filmmaking I’ve seen in many years...

| Jun 17, 2024

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.

| Mar 25, 2024

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...

| Sep 13, 2022

It’s such a creepy, tense, and efficient crime/psychological thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 18, 2022

Nightcrawler is simply one of the best crime films of the 2010s.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 17, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 10, 2022

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.

| Feb 11, 2022

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

| Jan 10, 2022

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.

| Sep 2, 2021

Jake Gyllenhaal's transformation deserves an Oscar in one of this year's best films...

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

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2021

Thanks to Gyllenhaal's quirky and unhinged performance, this is a volatile ride worth taking.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 4, 2020

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.

| Oct 27, 2020

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.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 26, 2020

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.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 24, 2020

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.

| Original Score: A | Jul 17, 2020

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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2020