My four stars rating is given to the movie for the person like me who barely watch them twice or more. Incidentally, I watched Nocturnal Animals twice, one was during the boring long flight and other one was at home theater. I got a whole general picture of what it tells by striking my chord with the clips silently acted out on the flight, a revenge to a cynical, pragmatic woman, Susan like me, struggling for perfection in life, the balance of lust and reality. When i watched it again, i felt myself deeply attached to Susan, that strong empathy relating to the character made me suffocated in the end when fictional Tony was stabbed, insulted hard with detailed reconstruction of his wife and daughter by Ray and called weak multiple times, finally, Tony shot Ray, the scumbag. Fictional Tony is the reflection of Edward in life, it made me believe his true flabby and impotent. Let’s say Susan’s mom is so damn right about Susan, about we all turn into our mothers eventually. Thanks to the big life change to Edward, it makes Edward stand up and stand out from nobody as a writer, a risky job/career could hardly impose Susan like every of us practical to. How many of us would back so called talent unconditionally for life? How many of us would bet on our life to the man as the only cost of the family? We’re not every Edward or Li’an right? I can feel Susan so hard when i saw her again in the movie. Edward is no wrong, he is real sensitive, fragile and a good man. Edward is no wrong with his personalities. What if he keeps bougeois in between, Susan and Edward would have a chance to match. Or you can say, they don’t deserve each other. Despite this, the ending is well written, back to reality.