Unique and dark story.. Excellent Acting.. Sheer brilliance!!

Rating: 9/10 (1 February 2015)

This movie had been receiving rave reviews and positive remarks from the audiences and critics alike. Once you finish watching Nightcrawler you realize that it deserves each and every single accolade that it got.
The story of Louis Bloom, a man with possible pyschopathic tendencies is shown to be genuinely trying to get a job or even a possible internship. But, after being turned down and labeled a thief, he witnesses an accident on a road being recorded by a couple of freelancers. This embeds in him the idea to record similar incidents on his own and sell it to a news channel for cash, which he most desperately requires. We get a look at how Louis, gradually blurs the line between being and observer and an actual participant. Money is no more his sole incentive. In addition to that he wants to be renowned for his videos. His pyschopathic tendencies can be seen when he threatens his assistant of how he does not like people or when it's very subtly revealed that he sabotaged his competitor's van and earns a reward by recording his story. And all this time he does not even flinch.
After a long time , somebody in the industry thought of making a movie based on an untapped premise, despite it being rampant all over the globe. You still feel irritated when Louis is ramming his camcorder into the face of a witness or sneaks into an active crime of scene,but, you still can't help but be astounded by his absolute audacity. In the end, he seems to have rubbed on his influence onto others as well.
Jake Gyllenhaal is the soul of the movie and delivers what is, undoubtedly his best performance till date,as Louis Bloom. Just when I thought he couldn't trump his performance in Prisoners, he pulls this rabbit out of the hat. Rene Russo, Bill Paxton and Riz Ahmed are also very good in their supporting roles.
Dan Gilroy has done a splendid job behind the camera and especially with the writing and screenplay. He ensured that the movie did not tend to drop it's pace anywhere and maintained the tension and twists throughout. He made it all seem real and definitely deserves an Academy Award for his effort(I still haven't seen the other movies nominated in this category).