Nancy
A serial imposter, Nancy (Andrea Riseborough, Birdman, Mandy) becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child, and when she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic and winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for Best First Screenplay and Best Supporting Female at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
"You'll come away knowing you've seen a master at work." - Sara Stewart, The New York Post
"Nancy has an intellectual savviness to its sadness that works, as it challenges viewers on their compassion and ability to recognize something within someone who is so lost." - Nick Allen, RogerEbert.com
Running Time
87 mins
Year
2018
Kanopy ID
4233264
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Comments (12)
Amazing film!
A fantastic star vehicle for Andrea Riseborough who puts in a truly wonderful performance, carrying virtually every scene with her facial expressions without once chewing the scenery. Everyone else is great as well, especially J. Smith-Cameron. But I have to say I'm a little bored of seeing ...Read more
A fantastic star vehicle for Andrea Riseborough who puts in a truly wonderful performance, carrying virtually every scene with her facial expressions without once chewing the scenery. Everyone else is great as well, especially J. Smith-Cameron. But I have to say I'm a little bored of seeing the very talented Ann Dowd play the same character over and over again.
So the acting is great, but unfortunately the plot goes the way of so many well-acted indies, eschewing any kind of true climax or resolution and relying entirely on acting and mood. The whole thing just kind of dissipates with a shrug instead of a shiver. 3 stars
Read lessWhat a nice surprise...it made me look up Riseborough to see what else she had done before this and Mandy. I thought it was a great movie with excellent performances by everyone in the cast.
Wow Great performance by the entire cast!!!
I thought this was pretty good. Really good performances. I found the characters interesting, especially Nancy. I didn't like her, but at the same time, I felt a lot of empathy for her. She was very complex - which is always fun to watch.
Very nice film, understated but gripping. A Judith 'Good'.
Judith: Best film critic on Kanopy.
Loved it! performances were persuasive...Buschemi is wonderful as a sympathetic sensitive husband...worth seeing for his performance alone.
Complex and moving film with a stunningly subtle performance by Andrea Riseborough.
this seemed like one of those movies that has no idea which direction it wants to go and ends up going nowhere. I suggest skipping it
Well done character study. Good performances & Riseborough is almost unrecognizable as Nancy.
I didn't like the ending.