Nancy only smiles when she's dreaming about death, and even then the anguish in her eyes is unmistakable.
Downloading Nancy is nothing if not confrontational, yet despite our instincts to recoil in disgust from the subject matter, it's the raw emotions in Lee Ross and Pamela Cuming's smartly structured screenplay, and an absolutely fearless performance by Maria Bello, that keep us riveted to the screen as the film's tormented protagonist makes one last, desperate attempt at freeing herself from the soul-stifling prison of her own mind.
The first time we hear Nancy speak, she claims that death feels like "sucking pure oxygen," and that life feels like...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins