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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 25 m

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 bo...

Directed By: Christina Choe

Written By: Christina Choe

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Nancy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.4
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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 bo...

Directed By: Christina Choe

Written By: Christina Choe

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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11 Reviews
29% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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29% Mixed
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6% Negative
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88
Jun 8, 2018
Nancy exhibits a seriousness of purpose that’s rare in American movies today.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
83
It’s Riseborough who holds the film fast, rooting its seemingly wild twists and character developments into something haunting and, quite often, eerily understandable.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 8, 2018
Nancy is a grim piece of work, but Choe’s empathy for her protagonist gives the film its distinctive texture — woebegone, with flickers of both hope and dread.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 13, 2018
Nancy is an eccentric, pungent gift of a film about a woman without identity played by an actress without persona.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 11, 2018
An interesting and worthwhile drama.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
The filmmaker never pulls us into the twists and turns of her main character's mind, and she tiptoes around, rather than tackles, her ideas about class envy, the performative nature of identity and the tension between truth and happiness.
By Jon Frosch FULL REVIEW
25
Jun 2, 2018
There's vanity in its boutique art-film brand of hopelessness, which derives from a fetishizing of "keeping it real."
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.4
43% Positive
6 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
6.4
43% Positive
6 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
14% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Mental Pictures, EON Productions, XS Media, Gamechanger Films
Release Date Jun 8, 2018
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Rooster Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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