Downloading Nancy (2008)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Johan Renck

Writers:

Pamela Cuming (screenplay)
Lee Ross (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 May 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

The story follows the fate of the unhappy wife Nancy who orders the guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Sexual Aberration | Rough Sex | Internet Dating | Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Maria Bello	...	Nancy
Jason Patric	...	Louis
Rufus Sewell	...	Albert
Amy Brenneman	...	Carol
David Brown	...	Billy Ringel
Matthew Harrison	...	Golf Pro
Sunny Doench	...	News Anchor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Nyqvist	...	Stan
Justin Scot	...	Golf Guru
Josh Strait	...	Medic

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Company:

Tule River Films

Trivia:

Jason Patric replaced Ray Liotta, while Rufus Sewell replaced Danny Huston.

dreary and pointless

obviously has some talent attached, Maria Bello is always great. but this is just a dreary wast of time, portraying every character as someone to be loathed and exploited so someone could make a movie out of an 'interesting' story. well, i hope they got it out of their systems. unfortunately for the audience, there is no insight, no sensitivity, no context, and really no humanity. which would all be fine, except it has no humor, no horror, no context, and nothing constructive to say about the story it's trying to tell. bad things happen, you sit and watch it, you don't care, so what? 99% of the time, the words 'based on a true story' constitute an unintentional warning to the audience. it means the director and screenwriter are lazy and fascinated by some events they heard about somewhere, so they just throw them up on the screen and expect the 'true' nature of the story to make the audience feel something without the filmmakers having to do any of the work. i hope they had a great time making this movie. it stinks on ice.