Nancy

Name: Nancy
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: June 8, 2018
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Ann Dowd, J. Smith-Cameron, Jamie Angelle, John Leguizamo

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: June 8, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Ann Dowd, J. Smith-Cameron, Jamie Angelle, John Leguizamo, Lorenzo Beronilla, Marinda Anderson, Olli Haaskivi, Owen Campbell, Samrat Chakrabarti, Steve Buscemi

Summary: Craving connection with others, Nancy (Andrea Riseborough) creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty 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 bondCraving connection with others, Nancy (Andrea Riseborough) creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty 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. … Expand

Director: Christina Choe

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jun 8, 2018

Nancy exhibits a seriousness of purpose that’s rare in American movies today. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

It’s Riseborough who holds the film fast, rooting its seemingly wild twists and character developments into something haunting and, quite often, eerily understandable. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jun 7, 2018

In the end, Nancy is a bit too dogmatic in its refusal to provide easy answers, its emotional impact dissipating like dust in a sunbeam with every understated non-revelation. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jun 13, 2018

Nancy is an eccentric, pungent gift of a film about a woman without identity played by an actress without persona. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Choe has taken a slim scenario and used to touch on universal themes and thoughts of escape and second chances in life. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 7, 2018

What’s left is a strange, sour tale that’s neither origin mystery nor journey of self-discovery, but a vexing gesture toward damage and delusion that never permits us to peek under its broken heroine’s hood. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jun 2, 2018

There's vanity in its boutique art-film brand of hopelessness, which derives from a fetishizing of "keeping it real." Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

May 11, 2019

There's a fine line between delightfully ambiguous and inscrutably enigmatic, and this atmospheric but mostly unresolved mood piece tilts more toward the latter. This is one of those films where the audience keeps waiting for a big reveal that never really comes, leaving viewers with anThere's a fine line between delightfully ambiguous and inscrutably enigmatic, and this atmospheric but mostly unresolved mood piece tilts more toward the latter. This is one of those films where the audience keeps waiting for a big reveal that never really comes, leaving viewers with an unsatisfied appetite. To be sure, the film features fine performances across the board, but it's unfortunate that the talent wasn't given more to work with here. I'd usually say wait for DVD for a release like this, but that's where I saw it and still wouldn't recommend it.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Jul 9, 2020

(Mauro Lanari)
Self-fulfilling drama and self-harm: a female charity case directed by debutante Choe with the usual indie style and content triumphantly welcomed at Sundance.

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