Night Moves, the fifth feature film from director Kelly Reichardt, stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard as three radical environmentalists who band together to blow up a hydroelectric dam -- the very epitome of the resource-devouring industrial machine they despise. Like Reichardt's other films, this eco-thriller is a slow burn -- and it will take a very patient viewer to watch it all at once -- but in this case, it's the filmmaker's deliberate and measured pace that will actually draw you more into the story (likely without you even knowing it).
At the forefront of Night Moves are its impeccable performances, Eisenberg's in particular. His character Josh rarely speaks, but that doesn't seem to matter as Eisenberg's facial ticks and subtle mannerisms speak volumes. Here, we really get inside the character's head and dwell on his constant fear of getting found out by either the authorities or his close friends. Certainly, there's an ever present danger and risk involved in Josh's criminal act, and that weighs on him more and more throughout the film.
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