Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Direction
Tom Ford's second film—somehow MORE visually controlled than A Single Man.
Acting
Michael Shannon's dying detective steals every scene he's in.
Cinematography
Susan's sterile art world vs. the desert's brutal golds—no accident.
Director
Tom Ford
Amy Adams
Susan Morrow
Jake Gyllenhaal
Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
Michael Shannon
Bobby Andes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Ray Marcus
Isla Fisher
Laura Hastings
Ellie Bamber
India Hastings
Armie Hammer
Hutton Morrow
Karl Glusman
Lou
Robert Aramayo
Turk
Laura Linney
Anne Sutton
Andrea Riseborough
Alessia
Michael Sheen
Carlos
Bobbi Salvör Menuez
Samantha Morrow
Imogen Waterhouse
Chloe
Franco Vega
Driver
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