I'm a veteran of many anticlimactic endings, so very little tends to surprise me, but I was genuinely surprised when the closing credits started to roll. The main story and movie ends quite flat. The novel ends in strange, contrived-feeling, fashion. There was still heaps of potential for both stories and the movie as a whole though, but the conclusion is a bit of a let-down. The main story was interesting only for the Susan-Edward backstory, and didn't really progress much, feeling more like wrapping around the novel story, without contributing much itself. The novel was unflinchingly gritty and included a good revenge plot and theme. I found myself far more interested in the novel's story than the main story. Unfortunately, the two levels are not created equal. I had to go back to her scenes to confirm it was her, I was so convinced the character was played by Amy Adams). (I only realised that it was Isla Fisher once I saw the credits. Having Amy Adams play Susan and Isla Fisher the lead female character in the dramatisation of the novel is also a masterstroke, due to them looking so alike. The novel becomes the story-within-a-story, with, cleverly, Jake Gyllenhaal as the link between the two. There's the relationship drama involving Susan and Edward and the crime drama in the novel. Intriguing movie that operates on two levels. While this draws her closer to him, there are unresolved issues between the two. The gritty content of the novel strikes a chord with Susan and she starts to remember the times she and Edward had together. She receives a manuscript of a novel, Nocturnal Animals, written by her first husband, Edward Sheffield. She is married to businessman Hutton Morrow, who is constantly travelling. Susan Morrow is a successful gallery owner.
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