# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6780 "2026-11-05T17:52:01Z")

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> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2652):
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> > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2643):
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> > I started watching **Nocturnal Animals** on Netflix
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> Okay, I finally finished this thing and had to come back to say WTF? It was very well-acted, especially by Michael Shannon and the bad guys, but it just ended in a weird way. It was like the director decided he really didn’t have any more money in the budget, and just left everything dangling. Any clues?

I watched _Nocturnal Animals_ (2016; 7.4 imdb) on Netflix just now, several years after Chefguy.

The movie – which is a “realistic” horror story – is a stark psychological thriller, with lots of soul-searching and lots of symbolism. This is NOT my genre, and I definitely do NOT recommend the film for anyone looking for a good time. BUT the sheer starkness and multi-level symbolism is impressive. I can’t think of another film at all like it.

Tom Ford was the renowned Creative Director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, winner of 30+ major awards – even I had heard of him. Tom Ford seems like it might be a common name so I first assumed that the Tom Ford who wrote, produced and directed _Nocturnal Animals_ was a different guy. Nope, same polymath, whose degree is in architecture. A random excerpt from his Wikipedia bio:

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> Responding to criticism that he objectified women, Ford stated he is an “equal opportunity objectifier” and is “just as happy to objectify men”. He argued “you can’t show male nudity in our culture in the way you can show female nudity” and pointed out that he did a male nude ad while at Yves Saint Laurent which got pulled.

I also found the ending (or perhaps the entire movie!) confusing but Google’s AI was happy to explain it to me. Edward, who never appears to Susan except in flashbacks, is taking revenge on Susan for abandoning him. His no-show for dinner is the final tit-for-tat of that revenge.

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