If there's ever an award for most committed performance, just like Leonardo DiCaprio in last year's Wolf of Wall Street, I would say Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler would be an obvious choice. He dives down the mental rabbit hole so persuasively at times you have to wonder if the actor himself is a bit nutty. It's such a sociopathic movie, watching him outsmart and manipulate his assistant and his boss (a stellar Rene Russo) at times you almost forget the character's inability to be anything but deceptive. It's such an unsettling concept that sometimes the ones behind the camera give you more to worry about then the ones in front of it. Nightcrawler will get and stay under your skin.
4/4
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