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Nocturama

Play trailer Poster for Nocturama 2016,  2h 10m,  Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 82% 51 Reviews Tomatometer 58% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
82% Tomatometer 51 Reviews 58% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
After planting bombs in the streets of Paris, a group of disillusioned young people spends a tense night holed up in a high-end department store.
Nocturama

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Critics Consensus

Nocturama uses an unorthodox perspective and repellent protagonists to offer sobering statements about modern society -- and deliver uniquely suspenseful entertainment.

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Lauren Carroll Harris Guardian Oct 9, 2017
Though director Bertrand Bonello's exacting vision of a Parisian terror plot is as stylised and tensely structured as a psychological thriller, the drama plays out with unnerving realism. Go to Full Review
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Sep 7, 2017
2.5/4
Much like Bonello's previous film, "Yves Saint Laurent," "Nocturama" revels in pure experience. But the sum total of its gliding abstractions is a mite brainless. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Sep 7, 2017
4/4
You're in for the most suspenseful film to hit town all year. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 14, 2024
4/4
Bonello does not construct a bomb-of-a-film but sets an intriguing, if often frighteningly beautiful minefield for his audience to navigate. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Jan 17, 2023
To some (arguable) degree a shallow movie with a flippant/trivializing attitude, rejecting the default gravity granted its subject...it’s also a highly recommended, original and (this may seem like the wrong word, but it’s true) fun work. Go to Full Review
Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy Jul 17, 2020
If the film is a parable of today's chaotic world, it's a weak one. Go to Full Review
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Kylo P Aug 7, 2018 While it's a slow start, Nocturama provides a rewarding film not through its plot nor its characters, but in its ironic and pointedly empty treatment of them. See more
Rey G Feb 11, 2018 Okay, the motivations of the protagonists are intentionally not addressed, fine. But nor are they differentiated in any way to even understand them as individuals. And nothing thrilling happens in this thriller. And it offers no real commentary on the social order besides, what - terrorists are complex because they like stuff at the mall? This movie just doesn't say much and nor does it tell any kind of story. Which means you're left with not much at all. See more
Luke R Dec 18, 2017 Nocturama is unsettling and unconventional in its upheaval of conventions and our expectations.
Hermione G Nov 16, 2017 A tragic vision of senseless living and senseless dying in the age consumerism and terrorism. At times feels like senseless watching. See more
Hagrid R Oct 7, 2017 Nocturama is a good movie - it has great young actors, beautiful cinematography, creative film techniques, and a unique premise - but it struggles to come together as a compelling film. I think this is partly because of its jarringly different first and second acts. The first is more of a heist film, with minimal use of dialogue and relying heavily on tone and atmosphere to draw in the audience. The second half, however, is more character driven, adding depth to kids that I eventually ended up feeling for a lot. It makes for an unbalanced film, one that lacks narrative drive but makes up for it in style and script writing. See more
Oct 1, 2017 I really hate this movie, its slow and dosen`t have a real trama.
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Movie Info

Synopsis After planting bombs in the streets of Paris, a group of disillusioned young people spends a tense night holed up in a high-end department store.
Director
Bertrand Bonello
Producer
Alice Girard, Edouard Weil
Screenwriter
Bertrand Bonello
Production Co
Arte France Cinema, Rectangle Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 8, 2017
Runtime
2h 10m
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