what is reptile movie about

Reptile is a 2023 American crime thriller film directed by Grant Singer in his feature-film directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Benjamin Brewer and Benicio del Toro, and a story he co-wrote with Brewer. The film stars del Toro in the lead role, alongside Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Ato Essandoh, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Michael Pitt). The movie is about a former big-city police detective, Nichols (Benicio Del Toro), who investigates the brutal murder of a young Maine real estate agent, Summer (Matilda Lutz). As the investigation proceeds, plenty of people come under suspicion, including Summers soon-to-be ex-husband, Sam (Karl Glusman), and the Grady familys aggrieved stalker, Eli (Michael Carmen Pitt) . The movies title, Reptile, is a metaphor for the film, as characters are introduced as one thing and revealed to be something else. Theres a shedding of skin that occurs, and some of the most unethical people in the film can be very likable in moments.