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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2016

Runtime1h 57m

StatusReleased

Budget$22,500,000

Revenue$29,300,000

Production

Fade to Black

Artina Films

Focus Features

Perfect World Pictures

Movie

Nocturnal Animals

2016

1h 57m

7.4

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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