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Downloading Nancy

She's looking for someone to complete her.

2008 · 1h 37m · Not Rated Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by Johan Renck

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Overview

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley. Nancy and Louis, both wounded souls, take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures, and promises of perverse sexual encounters.

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19%
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Rotten

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.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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Some suspense arises about just how far the woman's sickness will take her, but it's overwhelmed by the pointlessness of the story.

Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten

Downloading Nancy is a nasty exploitation flick tarted up with art-house actors and psychobabble.

Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Rotten

A chilly, bleak film about characters so programmatic that their plight is easy to shrug off.

Noel Murray, AV Club
Rotten

For all the bad behavior on display, the emotional stakes remain hazily defined.

Kevin Lee, Time Out New York

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