brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (15 November 2015)

This is the type of movie that will make you think twice about what you see on the news. It starts off with Lou Bloom (Jake Gylenhaal) stealing stuff from a construction site and then trying to get a job there, and not that you can blame him but the supervisor tells him he doesn't hire thieves. He later steals a bike and pawns it for a camera and police scanner and uses them to find stories and accidents so he can be there to record them and sell them to the local news stations. He finally fins a willing buyer in Nina. (Rene Russo) Lou's stories become more sensational each time, and he eventually winds up staging them! This goes to show how far people will go, and Gylenhaal's performance is nothing short of brilliant. I absolutely loved it.
*** out of ****