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Unseemly, unsettling, and unremittingly bleak, Downloading Nancy is slickly made but mostly unpleasant. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
In the depths of despair, a woman (Maria Bello) hires a man (Jason Patric) she met online to torture and kill her.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Johan Renck
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Producer: Dave Moore, Igor Kovacevich, Jason Essex, Cole Payne
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Writer: Pamela Cuming, Lee H. Ross
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $22.2K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Strand Releasing
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Production Co: Tule River Films
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Possibly the most uncomfortable Sundance movie to sit through.
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Most films that explore sadomasochism do so in ways that can still be appealing and alluring to an audience comprised of people with relatively normal, well-adjusted ideas about sex and sexuality, but this is a notable exception. The sadomasochistic scenes in <i>Downloading Nancy</I> are fucking brutal, cringe-worthy, and unrelenting, and Bello and Patric are nakedly committed to "going there," living the realities of their characters. At its core, there is indeed little to this story, and we should be given some reason to hope for a different ending than what's inevitable. This lack of any true suspense is the film's major flaw. But by the same token, I think we go to independent movies to see a purposeful rejection of Hollywood's common narratives. Overall, this film is dark, disturbing, depressing, nihilistic, and courageous - the perfect date movie.
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A tough sit - very good performance from Maria Bello - but man is this dreary, slow, dark stuff. After a while, you just want to scream at the screen, "Just die already!". Not without its merits, but I can't imagine someone wanting to sit through this who doesn't have to vote for the Independent Spirit Awards.
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I knew going in not to expect a feel-good movie. Everything about this movie - the way it's filmed, the characters, the dreary decor, and its story - is completely dismal. It felt like a heavy, dark cloak just descended upon me. There was nothing positive in this film. Now, where's my old stack of Care Bear videos?
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