Jake Gyllenhaal is not an actor I like but he is doing career best work in Nightcrawler. He is creepy, manipulative and exploitative. He embraces this character and the darkness of subject matter he covers or perhaps curates.

At times I thought Jake was playing the role exactly like Christian Bale would. This is probably a good thing.

Rene Russo is getting a nomination. Good to see her back on screen.

There is quite a lot of the plot which I found unrealistic, contrived and ridiculous but I was enjoying the film enough to let it pass. The tone of the film and the look of the city really kept me engaged.

Strong directorial debut and very good screenplay with excellent dialogue.