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Downloading Nancy
Metascore
19 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 10 out of 11
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    42
    There are brutal scenes with razor blades and other impromptu devices of erotic torment, but what makes the movie a trial to sit through isn't just the heroine's pain-freak tastes.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    An icky S&M thriller.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    33
    In short, this is a movie about bruised people bruising each other, and if Downloading Nancy had more of an openly pulpy sensibility, then the repugnant premise might've had some lasting impact.
  4. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jamie Tipps
    30
    Downloading Nancy is an excruciating experience.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    30
    On a moment to moment basis, however, picture continuously skirts very close to the ludicrous in its advanced-stage grimness and outre forms of torture foreplay.
  6. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    30
    To her credit, Bello makes a real commitment to this spiteful, self-absorbed character, though the credibility she generates through sheer force of will is no match for the gimmicky plot twist that arrives at the story's midpoint and sends the movie spinning off into stupid-land.
  7. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    Ill conceived and unworthy (and dull and ridiculous).
  8. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    20
    The Swedish video and commercial director seeks artistic adventure but winds up with pointless self-indulgence.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    Unpleasantly icy film based on a true story.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Elena Oumano
    10
    The jump cuts and nonlinear narrative are gratuitously stylish, and when you peel away this film's complex performances, at the core of its drawn-out suicide spectacle is pain so extreme, so alienating, and, in the end, so pointless.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    0
    A nasty exploitation flick tarted up with art-house actors and psychobabble.
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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. MarcoF.
    2
    This film was shallow, fleating and downright nonsense. It deserves a one but I'm feeling generous.
  2. TiagoR.
    10
    Very dramatic.
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