History Film / NocturnalAnimals

* FanDisservice: The opening credits of the film are set against a series of dancing naked women...who are all morbidly obese.

* NeverMyFault: Edward seems completely incapable of taking any kind of criticism, whenever we see him. And in the end, it's strongly implied that he [[spoilers: puts all the blame on Susan for their relationship falling apart, and takes ''no'' responsibility for it, himself.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:All three plots end this way. In ''Nocturnal Animals'', [[KillEmAll everyone, including Tony, ends up dead]]. In the flashbacks, Susan leaves Edward for Hutton. And at the end of the film, Susan goes to her dinner with Edward with the hopes of getting back together with him [[StoodUp but he doesn't show.]]]]

* JumpScare: [[spoiler:When Susan's coworker shows her iPhone nanny-cam, Susan looks at it when all of a sudden the leering face of Ray fills the screen with NO warning whatsoever.]]
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:In ''Nocturnal Animals'', the only primary character who isn't dead by the end of the thing is Detective Andes, and even then, he mentions how he's dying of lung cancer]].

* StoodUp: [[spoiler:Edward doesn't show up to meet Susan at the end of the film]].

[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} When you love someone, you can't just throw it away]].]]

->''"When someone loves you, you have to be careful with it, [[spoiler:you might never get it again]]"''

'''''Nocturnal Animals''''' is a 2016 {{psychological thriller}} written and directed by fashion designer Tom Ford (''Film/ASingleMan''), based on the 1993 novel ''Tony and Susan'' by Austin Wright.

* BittersweetEnding: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Creator/AmyAdams [[WordOfStPaul herself, during interviews on the film.]] [[spoiler: Despite a lack of reconciliation with Edward, we've still seen Susan changing her mind on certain things regarding her art gallery, indicating that she's working on the parts of herself that had led to so much strife. As such, there's an element of hope amid everything, with Susan improving what she can, at least.]]

->''"When someone loves you, you have to be careful with it, you might never get it again"''

->''"When someone loves you, you have to be careful with it."''

* BittersweetEnding: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Creator/AmyAdams [[WordOfStPaul herself, during interviews on the film.]] Essentially, [[spoiler: despite a lack of reconciliation with Edward, we've still seen Susan changing her mind on certain things regarding her art gallery, indicating that she's working on the parts of herself that had led to so much strife. As such, there's an element of hope amid everything, with Susan improving what she can, at least.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:All three plots end this way. In the Edward's book [[KillEmAll everyone, including Tony, ends up dead]]. In the flashbacks, Susan leaves Edward for Hutton. And at the end of the film, Susan goes to her dinner with Edward with the hopes of getting back together with him [[StoodUp but he doesn't show.]]]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:In Edward's book, the only primary character who isn't dead by the end of the thing is Detective Andes, and even then, he mentions how he's dying of lung cancer]].

* TakeThat: InUniverse the novel is one to Susan, as her expies are both Laura and the [[spoiler: murderer and rapist Ray]].

-->-- '''Edward'''

* AmbiguousCharacter / AmbiguousSituation: Upon reading of [[spoiler: Tony and Det. Andes discovering the dead bodies of Laura and India]], Susan calls up her daughter. It's left unclear as to whether [[spoiler: the girl's father is Hutton or Edward.]] The circumstances of the call strongly imply the latter, but that also requires assuming that [[spoiler: Susan ultimately ''didn't'' go through with the abortion, and her MyGodWhatHaveIDone conversation with Hutton involves her ''preparing'' to do so, but being scared out of it by seeing Edward.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Creator/AmyAdams [[WordOfStPaul herself, during interviews on the film.]] Essentially, [[spoilers: despite a lack of reconciliation with Edward, we've still seen Susan changing her mind on certain things regarding her art gallery, indicating that she's working on the parts of herself that had led to so much strife. As such, there's an element of hope amid everything, with Susan improving what she can, at least.]]

** Susan has actually ''two''. The other one is [[spoiler: '''Ray''']].

* TakeThat: InUniverse the novel is one to Susan, as her expies are both Laura and the [[spoiler: murderer and rapist]] Ray.

* FictionalDocument: ''Nocturnal Animals

* ActingForTwo: Jake Gyllenhaal plays both Edward Sheffield and Tony Hastings.
* AscendedMeme: Susan's obvious {{expy}} in the book, Laura, is played by Isla Fisher, whose uncanny resemblance to Amy Adams has become a popular Internet meme.