I think 'Nocturnal Animals' is genius. Everytime I've ever seen this sort of thing attempted it gas failed. Woody Allen's novel snippets folded in his films, the corrupted movie pitch in Altman's 'The Player'... The imaginings if the novel in this movie and the way it is in a complete and completely different style than the ridiculous real life portion is really amazing. The guy who plays the dying existentially haunted cop is amazing. The kind of acting you don't see much in mpvies anymore.