Emotions run high with Jake Gyllenhaal in the new Nocturnal Animals trailer

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS follows an art gallery owner (Amy Adams) who is haunted by her ex-husband's (Jake Gyllenhaal) novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale. As you can imagine, the tension is palpable with this ex-husband after a failed marriage destroys him emotionally, and you can get a glimpse of the drama to follow with the new trailer for Tom Ford's NOCTURNAL ANIMALS.

I poked fun at the first trailer for this film, in that it just felt like a movie where a guy just couldn't get over his ex. Granted, there's nothing wrong with that set-up, but I think this trailer does a better job of really diving into the drama – blurring the lines between what is actually happening and what's going on in the novel written by Gyllenhaal's character. We know Gyllenhaal can play disturbed to a T, so I'm curious as to what the endgame will be for these two come the end of the film.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS will open in select theaters on November 18th and nationwide on December 9, 2016.

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