Not Terrible But Overrated

Rating: 7/10 (28 August 2015)

I watched Nightcrawler after having read a majority of the reviews on IMDb. Everyone seemed to like it, and with a rating of 7.9 at the time of writing this, I thought hey why not. Jake Gyllenhaal's acting was great, which was my favorite aspect of the movie. The plot was interesting enough, I hadn't really seen anything like it before. However, the movie is not as good as I was expecting after reading the comments of everyone praising it. It's good enough that I recommend a watch, however, don't go in expecting too much, or you will likely be let down. It's a whole two hours long, with some scenes seeming to be drawn out longer than they should, but in no way is it a bad movie. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal, but I don't expect to be watching it for a second time anytime soon.