Nightingale

  • 2014


MOVIE IS disturbing remarkable riveting soldierly cinematic
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Positive Reviews 20
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Average Rating 3.6/5
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3.0
Hence, HBOs unsettling psychological drama Nightingale isnt a universally relatable film, even as it explores common emotions. Av Club
3.0
Nightingale is overshot to appear more cinematic and underwritten to avoid pomposity, and thats okay. Both decisions are just that: choices to serve t .. Indie Wire
4.5
He lives in Peter longer than anyone else would want to, and thats what keeps Nightingale together. Indie Wire
4.5
In HBOs Nightingale, David Oyelowo gives the best performance of his career as Peter Snowden, a man quickly and violently descending into madness. Indie Wire
3.5
That said, Oyelowo delivers an electric performance, creating a portrait of a man whose loose hold on reality is fraying. Variety
3.5
Oyelowo, with remarkable restraint, captures that chilling masquerade in its entirety. We Got This Covered
1.9
Nightingale is first an intellectualized puzzle, and a portrait of a man losing his mind a very distant second.
5.0
A nightmare painted in fauve bright colors, the feature is a live action expressionist canvas with a fascinating portrait at its center. The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Mr. Oyelowo gives a riveting, disorienting and suspenseful tour of an unraveling mind. The New York Times
4.5
And theres nothing at all supernatural about the horrors in The Nightingale. Telegraph
4.5
Peter is pitched as an Everyman in extremis. Hes not, of course; hes a psychopath. That Oyelowo can make both seem true is what makes Nightingale dazz ..
3.1
When Peter isnt talking on a video chat, hes talking to a three paneled makeup mirror that his mother bought. San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Nightingale rages on at times with no real direction. At others, it hits us over the head with pretentious symbolism. Oyelowos inspired performance ke .. Philly
3.0
Nightingale is really about David Oyelowo, a magnificent actor with astonishing range who draws viewers deep down into the darkness with his character .. News Day
4.5
The careful layering of the experiences and emotions that influence Peters choices, along with expert massaging of the tension that exists from the st .. Npr
4.5
The film is phenomenally acted, but rarely makes much use of the power of cinema, instead using a device associated more with theater the one set loca .. Salon
1.5
Wait did I say that the power and ambiguity of the soldierly bond is one of the fascinating things in Nightingale, which premieres Friday night at 9 A .. Boston Globe
4.5
you say, Okay, if Im going to fail, let me fail forward, and thats how I felt. The Atlantic
4.5
But Unreal feels more like a dramatised expose than parody and thus taps into something fresh. Straits Times
4.5
Its a film that burrows into an unstable psyche, and nestles there uncomfortably. Flavor Wire
4.5
The world of Nightingale is so private, so entirely in Snowdens own head, that what is real and what hes imagined blend together. Esquire
4.0
Everything about Nightingale is richly expressive and chillingly effective. Daily News
0.5
The View: Susan Sarandon, Tom Kelly, Frank Beddor, Raven Symone, Michelle Collins. Roger Cat
4.5
A deep plunge into the mind of a troubled man, Nightingale may be too sad and disturbing for the average viewer, but a strong performance by David Oye .. Media Life Magazine



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