High Freakin Art, This Is...

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2014)

This film is ridiculous. The story, the acting, the photography, the editing, the music; it's all just ridiculously good.
The most outstanding features are the acting and the writing. Out of those, Jake's (I can't spell his last name) performance ranks up there with the most memorable screen characters ever, characters like Travis Bickle, Henry Chinasky (Barfly), Jeff Lebowski and Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates. And there are absolutely no weak links in the film's cast. Bill Paxton must be the safest bet in Hollywood, and for this film he's a necessity. All the acting is on par with Paxton's, which means it is all absolutely perfect, and inspired. Rene Russo is perfect as well, and Riz Ahmed is so good that this one film will make him a household name.
The writing seems too good to be true. The dialogue is as memorable as any movie's, and the story is so authentic that I thought this was based on a book. Apparently, this story was written by the director, a first timer. Watch the movie and I'm sure you'll ask yourself how that's possible. Unless there was a deal with the devil involved, I can't understand how such a great and developed story could come from thin air. Maybe we're witnessing the debut of a game-changing director, I don't know. What I do know is that Nightcrawler is one of my favorite films ever, and nobody should have needed to read this much before deciding to go see it.