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Night Moves draws much of its suspense from its ability to ground the proceedings in a realistic, everyday world. Josh’s confidence in his role as the group’s leader could become a liability, though, when a brief, mostly offscreen encounter changes the relationship between the three of them in the buildup to their plan. Utilizing the same brainy, withering demeanor he wielded to such good effect in The Social Network, Eisenberg is superb as Josh, who quietly prides himself on intimidating his associates, talking down to Dena in a dismissive way and flashing a sharper mind than the burned-out Harmon. And because the threesome don’t explain much of their plan, we’re left to follow along as they go about their business, picking up on clues to their intriguing interpersonal dynamic.
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We watch as each step in their process is carried out with care-after all, they don’t want to arouse suspicion from local authorities-but Night Moves isn’t so much a pseudo-heist movie as it is a study in human behavior. Led by Josh, these extreme environmentalists are going to blow up a nearby dam in the middle of the night, hoping to send a message to the community about respecting the earth and curbing the spread of rapid industrialization.Ĭollaborating with her frequent screenwriting partner Jon Raymond, Reichardt gives us a meticulous overview of precisely how Josh and his cohorts will go about their act of terrorism. At first, we’re not sure what has brought them together to buy a small speedboat and a large supply of fertilizer, but soon it becomes clear that they’re not focused on recreation or farming. The Oregon-set Night Moves introduces us to three people: Josh (Jesse Eisenberg), a soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man Dena (Dakota Fanning), an impressionable but impassioned friend of his and Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard), a former Marine who’s older than his companions. By her understated, incisive standards, it’s practically an action movie. Though Reichardt’s usual close attention to character and atmosphere is intact, her new movie is surprisingly suspenseful.
Perhaps that’s why Night Moves feels so startling. Director Kelly Reichardt makes intimate character studies that are less interested in plot than they are in observing individuals in a specific time and place, whether it’s middle-aged men trying to reconnect on a camping trip in Old Joy or a group of settlers heading West during the 19th century in Meek’s Cutoff.
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