The Nest

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The Nest

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2020

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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An entrepreneur and his family begin to unravel after moving into an old country manor in England in the 1980s.

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An effective pairing of period setting and timeless themes, The Nest wrings additional tension out of its unsettling story with an outstanding pair of lead performances.

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Guy Lodge

Film of the Week

I watched The Nest in a fixed state of unease, shoulders tense and set forward even in a plush cinema seat, my mouth immediately drying out after each sip of my drink.

Nov 12, 2021

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Linda Marric

The Jewish Chronicle

There's something commendably old fashioned and decidedly unassuming about The Nest. Durkin's direction is both precise and admirably restrained in its depiction of an era famed for its excesses.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 2, 2021

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The Nest is a belated cautionary tale - this tainted family is a skeleton in the closet of our current socioeconomic climate.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 29, 2021

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Adele Campisi

Loud and Clear Reviews

Sean Durkin’s The Nest is an elegant, chilling drama that explores the unravelling of a dysfunctional family and their American dream.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 5, 2025

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Jen Shieff

New Zealand Herald

The casting is perfect.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 9, 2025

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Sarah Cortinaz

InSession Film

The Nest’s slow build-up may leave you craving more, but the fantastic performances from Law and Coon, and Durkin’s brilliant direction, will more than make up for it.

Rated: B

Apr 23, 2024

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Pasha A

One of the bests of recent years.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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Gareth v

A reasonable take of faking it till you make it, and what happens to all intimately involved when things don't go as expected.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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Amanda D

So disappointing - the ending went nowhere.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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John B

There is almost nothing that happens in this film. I kept watching and thinking the entertaining or exciting part must be soon…. It never came

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Charles G

Slow moving, not sure where it was headed and then it just ended without resolution. Waste of time

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Stan R

Stuck with the very slow pace with prolonged lingering of the camera on scenes that werent interesting enough to justify it ,hoping at some point it would move along but it never did. It was clear at the beginning of the film what the dynamics were among the characters and what the character flaws were but it just never went anywhere with it to come to some dramatic closure. From RT the critics loved it but we movie viewers not so much. The acting was good but squandered on a movie that just wasnt that good.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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Synopsis

An entrepreneur and his family begin to unravel after moving into an old country manor in England in the 1980s.

Director: Sean Durkin
Producer: Sean Durkin, Rose Garnett, Ed Guiney, Amy Jackson, Christina Piovesan, Derrin Schlesinger
Screenwriter: Sean Durkin
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Elevation Pictures, Element Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, BBC Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Language Throughout|Some Sexuality|Teen Partying)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $137.4K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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