Amy Adams, art gallery owner, receives a proof of manuscript of her ex-husband Edward and an invitation for dinner during Edward's upcoming visit to Los Angeles. Amy is in a deteriorating second marriage to an unfaithful, so she becomes consumed by Edward's novel that is dedicated to her. The film switches to a teleplay of Edward's novel. Tony, a peaceful man, during a road trip through West Texas with his wife and daughter, accidentally rearends three rural redneck 20-somethings – and the self involved brat daughter stupidly flips the bird at them – the dirtbags force Tony, his wife and daughter in their late model Mercedes off the road, flattens their tire, beats Tony molests his wife and daughter. Then kidnaps his wife and daughter and leaves him with Lou, one of the young rednecks. He makes Lou drive the rednecks car to the end of a dirt road where he gets away. Tony manages to evade them goes to a dingy farmhouse and calls the police. With a detective, Tony, discovers the bodies of his mutilated, dead wife and daughter in the wilderness, raped and murdered. Tony is beyond pain feeling guilty for not protecting them. A year later he's asked to identify one of the rednecks, who is charged as an accomplice in the murders. The other one was fatally shot in a botched robbery, and the last one is brought to justice, but ultimately released due to circumstantial evidence. Faced with terminal lung cancer, the detective, with Tony's help, takes matters into his own hands and abducts the dirtbags and shoots one of them, but the other one gets away. Then Tony tracks him down on his own to the shack where his wife and daughter were killed and the dirtbag admits to raping and murdering Tony's wife and daughter, calling him weak. So he shoots and kills him, but is blinded when the dirtbag hits him on the head with an iron bar. Tony stumbles outside, succumbing to to a brain hemorrhage, and dies after falling on his gun, shooting himself in the stomach.
Now back in the real world, Amy Adams is so shocked by the raw emotion of her ex husband's new novel, reminisces about meeting him in college and falling for him, but (done better by Ryan Godling and Rachel McAdams in 2004 The Notebook) Amy's domineering mother objects to him, claiming that he's unworthy of Amy's affections and that he's too romantic and worldly, lacking the drive to actually achieve his goals She ignores her mother and ultimately marries Edward.
Of course, She has a troubled marriage with Edward, who cannot handle her frustration with his fledgling career and her dismissive attitude towards his literary aspirations, and so she cheats on him with another man ultimately divorcing Edward to marry the man. Edward attempts to repair their relationship, but ultimately cuts the cord with Amy when he learns she's pregnant with his child but secretly had an abortion to ensure the divorce would proceed. So, after reading Edward's new novel she arranges a meeting with Edward at a restaurant, but Edward doesn't show up, as he stand's her up for revenge. So she realizes he's a good writer after all and she's stuck in a sham and unhappy with her life. Michael Shannon (pre General Zod in Man of Steel) is incredible as a terminally ill Texas detective. And Prince of Persia Jake Gyllenhaal is way better than anything I've seen him in lately - thank Jesus he shaved off the gross facial hair for the flashbacks. And Amy Adams plays typical lovelorn damsel as always. But I realize Tom Ford lives in this luxurious world of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, with beautiful faces and bodies. But its no excuse to occasionally throw in pointless gratuitous nudity - Jake in steamy shower scenes and Aaron Taylor Johnson outside on a toilet. I'll still be grateful for Tom Ford's A Single Man. Amazing how Nocturnal Animals is his next film 7 years later.
Now back in the real world, Amy Adams is so shocked by the raw emotion of her ex husband's new novel, reminisces about meeting him in college and falling for him, but (done better by Ryan Godling and Rachel McAdams in 2004 The Notebook) Amy's domineering mother objects to him, claiming that he's unworthy of Amy's affections and that he's too romantic and worldly, lacking the drive to actually achieve his goals She ignores her mother and ultimately marries Edward.
Of course, She has a troubled marriage with Edward, who cannot handle her frustration with his fledgling career and her dismissive attitude towards his literary aspirations, and so she cheats on him with another man ultimately divorcing Edward to marry the man. Edward attempts to repair their relationship, but ultimately cuts the cord with Amy when he learns she's pregnant with his child but secretly had an abortion to ensure the divorce would proceed. So, after reading Edward's new novel she arranges a meeting with Edward at a restaurant, but Edward doesn't show up, as he stand's her up for revenge. So she realizes he's a good writer after all and she's stuck in a sham and unhappy with her life. Michael Shannon (pre General Zod in Man of Steel) is incredible as a terminally ill Texas detective. And Prince of Persia Jake Gyllenhaal is way better than anything I've seen him in lately - thank Jesus he shaved off the gross facial hair for the flashbacks. And Amy Adams plays typical lovelorn damsel as always. But I realize Tom Ford lives in this luxurious world of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, with beautiful faces and bodies. But its no excuse to occasionally throw in pointless gratuitous nudity - Jake in steamy shower scenes and Aaron Taylor Johnson outside on a toilet. I'll still be grateful for Tom Ford's A Single Man. Amazing how Nocturnal Animals is his next film 7 years later.