• Nancy (2018)

    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.

Nancy
67
metacriticBased on 16 Critics

Release Date: June 8th, 2018

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 27 min

Plot Summary

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.

Cast: Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo

Director: Christina Choe

Genres: Thriller , Drama

Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Mental Pictures, Gamechanger Films

Keywords: Mystery , Husband , Fall , Tense , Daughter , House , Wife , Love , Dark , 2010s , Family

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 88
    Glenn KennyRogerEbert.com

    Nancy exhibits a seriousness of purpose that’s rare in American movies today. show more

  • 70
    Fionnuala HalliganScreen International

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

  • 60
    Jon FroschThe Hollywood Reporter

    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. show more

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