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Downloading Nancy

Released Jun 5, 2009

1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

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18%

33 Reviews

Tomatometer

44%

5,000+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Lenny K

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/10/23

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Audience Member

dark and disturbing, but honest!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

That's the worst roll I've seen Jason Patric play.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

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!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Johan Renck

Director

Maria Bello

Nancy Stockwell

Jason Patric

Louis Farley

Rufus Sewell

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Amy Brenneman

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 10, 2009

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

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.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 6, 2009

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Brian Tallerico

Movie Retriever

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.

Jun 6, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

[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.

Nov 7, 2019

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Vic Holtreman

Screen Rant

Rated: 1/5

Jan 27, 2010

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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
Executive Producer: Blizzard Fils, Julie Aaron, Adam Batz, Philipo H. Clinkscales III, Maddox Pace Clinkscales, Chris Hanley, Sean McVity, Mark Mueller, Stephen Onda, Daniel Sachs
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