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Downloading Nancy

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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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Unseemly, unsettling, and unremittingly bleak, Downloading Nancy is slickly made but mostly unpleasant.

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Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 07/10/2009
1/4
You can't really blame Bello for taking every chance available to let her monster talent off its chain, even when the opportunity takes the form of something so ill conceived and unworthy (and dull and ridiculous) as Downloading Nancy. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 06/06/2009
1/4
There are no great, important human lessons to be learned here, no truths about the interior complexities of the soul and psyche that could make any of what occurs to be worthwhile. Go to Full Review
Brian Tallerico Movie Retriever 06/06/2009
An amazing example of talented actors doing their best to make something genuine of a complex concept but being betrayed by writers and a director who seem afraid to really let the film connect. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 09/04/2023
1/4
Downloading Nancy will be one of the more uncomfortable movie experiences you’ve ever had unless you avoid it altogether, which may not be a bad idea. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/07/2019
[W]ith DOWNLOADING NANCY, Bello reaches the pinnacle of her thus far seen vast talents, turning in a performance as Nancy that is mesmerizing, disturbing, interesting and dripping in Oscar gold. Go to Full Review
Vic Holtreman Screen Rant 01/27/2010
1/5
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Lenny K 12/10/2023 I think this movie is bizarre bit brilliant. The trailer was amazing. The performances make this movie stand out. Maria Bello is great, capturing the character very well. Interesting and out of the box. Worth a watch and an open mind. See more 01/07/2019 dark and disturbing, but honest! See more 06/16/2015 That's the worst roll I've seen Jason Patric play. See more 10/28/2013 I agree with the other reviews that Bello's acting is great but even so this script is just too melodramatic and contrived to feel the emotion or "cerebral" moral conflict that Renck was undoubtedly aiming for. See more 09/21/2013 I was so touched by this work of art. The script is spell-binding. All the acting performances are brilliant. So ... why do so many people hate it? That is because it dares to make us look at what so many of us have been a part of. Children within our own families are abused. And we refuse to believe them when in so many different ways they scream at us -- mama, daddy, auntie, brother, sister, why didn't you protect me from him! See more 04/14/2013 This film is way too caught up on being creepy. It struggles to tell a story, it is completely consumed by the bleak nature of itself. Nancy isn't even a person at some point, it is very obvious that she is the most miserable being that could come out of a writer's mind. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In the depths of despair, a woman (Maria Bello) hires a man (Jason Patric) she met online to torture and kill her.
Director
Johan Renck
Producer
Dave Moore, Igor Kovacevich, Jason Essex, Cole Payne
Screenwriter
Pamela Cuming, Lee H. Ross
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
Tule River Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 5, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.2K
Runtime
1h 42m
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