Nancy

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Nancy

2018,

1h 27m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama

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Craving connection with others, Nancy creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years ago, fact and fiction begin to blur in Nancy's mind, and she becomes increasingly convinced these strangers are her real parents. As their bond deepens, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief - and the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.

Critics Consensus

Nancy is an uncomfortable watch, but worth the effort thanks to Andrea Riseborough's central performance -- and writer-director Christina Choe's powerful empathy for her character's dangerously misguided choices.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Oct 12, 2018

3/5

The overwhelming screen charisma of Andrea Riseborough is just about strong enough to prevent this identity drama from derailing into art house obscurity.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 11, 2018

3/5

Good performances and interesting, though undeveloped narrative ideas in this debut feature from writer-director Christina Choe.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Jul 5, 2018

3/4

Smith-Cameron and Buscemi are both terrific, Buscemi for the fullness of his subtlety (so much going on in the looks and silences) and Smith-Cameron, for the depths of pain she can suggest, even when she plays a surface happiness.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 24, 2022

4/5

The dueling tensions of the film are quite fascinating.

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Cate Marquis

AWFJ.org

Oct 12, 2021

In Nancy, director Christina Choe spins out her intriguing yarn with careful precision, keeping us guessing about Nancy and about whether she is the long-lost daughter.

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Betsy Bozdech

AWFJ.org

Oct 12, 2021

There's tension in Nancy, but it's not really a thriller or a mystery; it's a detailed, deliberate character study of a woman who seems to wish that she could be anyone other than who she is.

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Harry G

Mar 11, 2019

Nancy fabricates personas in order to relate with life. And when one of them is a long lost daughter - things get tricky. And sad.

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Hagrid S

Jan 26, 2019

Movie night with Iris. Interesting debut with strong performances and a compelling tale. This could have gone down a darker, criminal route but wisely doesn't. It stays downbeat, and oddly touching.

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Han R

Dec 5, 2018

Cold and disturbing, yet deep down it is quite heartfelt. The success of the film lies in the moving performances by Andrea Riseborough and J. Smith-Cameron. While the film can be a struggle at times, they always keep it grounded in their award worthy acting.

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Finn M

Nov 24, 2018

A horrible movie litterally nothing happens to make this a thriller You can sleep through the whole thing and see a total of 5 min of the movie and get the jist of it Dont waste your time like i did

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Harry S

Sep 13, 2018

Andrea Riseborough is the one to watch in this harrowing yet empty story of a damaged woman trying to make her life have any meaning by hurting does of other people. It raises difficult questions about someones mental state, but never gets close to give them a proper answer.

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Luke M

Sep 11, 2018

Riseborough is a dream. I see myself in her.

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J. Smith-Cameron

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Synopsis

Craving connection with others, Nancy creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years ago, fact and fiction begin to blur in Nancy's mind, and she becomes increasingly convinced these strangers are her real parents. As their bond deepens, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief - and the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.

Director: Christina Choe
Producer: Amy Lo, Michelle Cameron, Andrea Riseborough
Screenwriter: Christina Choe
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Mental Pictures, Gamechanger Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 9, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.1K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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