Very memorable and a film which leaves an impression

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2015)

Better film than I expected given the premise of the film and in the end I thought it was great. This film is very much character driven with Jake Gyllenhaal excellent. So more character than the story and in his role as Lou Bloom, Gyllenhaal created one of the most memorable obsessive manipulative morally reprehensive characters and one which does not look for or get audience sympathy or backing. For me this film was all about this character though there are excellent points made on the way the news media work, how people like quick fix horror stories than any news of real substance and Lou Bloom(Gyllenhaal) is only feeding this beast. This is set at night, through moral free glasses with a reprehensive obsessive character who the audience will look to see fall. But the larger message is the way our media works in this modern world and an excellent critique.