Nocturnal Animals

"Fashion designer-turned-filmmaker Tom Ford knows how to grab our attention, I’ll give him that. His sophomore directorial effort, Nocturnal Animals, opens with what is probably the most dazzling curtain-raiser of the year: a slow-mo procession of flesh and glitter that plays like a provocative rebuke of the way the opening credits of the James Bond franchise have traditionally converted women’s bodies into stylised, seductive props."

"Tom Ford's first film since 'A Single Man' is another winner, an ambitious high-wire noir thriller with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in an explosive tale of love, violence, and revenge."

"Style is substance in Ford's second film. Unlike many puzzle-piece movies, it thrills on every level."

"Feels almost unbearably cruel and cynical."

"The movie feels glazed and remote, a surface with all the identifying fingerprints polished off."

"This is a terrifically absorbing thriller with that vodka-kick of pure malice."

"Movies like Nocturnal Animals make their mark on me by being provocative, artfully constructed and narratively compelling."

"Tom Ford takes his stylish shears to Austin Wright's intricate 1993 novel Tony And Susan, cutting and splicing to re-assemble a gleaming array of images in a narrative Russian doll."

"You might just find something absolutely phenomenal."

"The film once again demonstrates that Ford is both an intoxicating sensualist and an accomplished storyteller..."