Should you watch Nightcrawler?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Nightcrawler
Film · 2014
A jobless man in Los Angeles starts filming car crashes and crimes at night and selling the footage to a local TV news station.
The sides of Nightcrawler
- A man you can't stop watching
- The TV news business
- Los Angeles after dark
Nightcrawler is good for you if…
- you like following someone who gets more frightening as he gets more successful.
- you like a lead performance that makes your skin crawl.
- you can laugh at how far he'll go, and feel bad about it.
Nightcrawler is bad for you if…
- you can't stand being on edge for two hours. Lou's night shoots get more dangerous every time.
- you need some hope in a story. Lou's Los Angeles is all crime scenes and night shifts.
About: ambition · the media · ethics · loneliness
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