1. 'The Nest' Proves that Real Life Can Be Just as Scary as a Horror Movie
22 sep 2020 · It truly makes you feel like the fifth member of the family, watching helplessly as the others go through inevitable calamity. It helps that we ...
Directed and written by Sean Durkin in his latest film since 2011, The Nest tells the story of Rory O’Hara, portrayed by Jude Law, who after a seemingly successful life of entrepreneurism in the States, moves back to London in the late 1980s so he can work for his old company. Along with his loving wife Allison (Carrie Coon) and their children Samantha and Ben (Oona Roche and Charlie Shotwell), the family moves into a luxurious, countryside house, and as this summary might hint, things begin to take a “twisted turn” once they arrive.
2. Review: The Nest Impressively Observes Family Dynamics ...
17 sep 2020 · The Nest is about a great deal more than that, which is why it's one of the most haunting and impressive works of the year.
With his first feature Martha Marcy May Marlene, writer/director Sean Durkin told a harrowing story about sisterhood—both blood relations and the kind you choose (in the case of that film, […]
3. FlixChatter Review: THE NEST (2020)
23 nov 2020 · Without giving too much away, The Nest is family drama/cautionary tale of greed and ambition run amok. It's as if this is the antithesis to the ...
I saw The Nest on a screener thanks to IFC Films and the premise intrigued me immediately. Jude Law and Carrie Coon Life play husband and wife whose already-fragile marriage take a twisted turn aft…
4. “The Nest,” Reviewed: Jude Law Plays a Banker Who Buys Into ...
17 nov 2020 · Richard Brody reviews the film “The Nest,” starring Jude Law, about a family being torn apart by the furious ambitions and social ...
The film tells the story of a family being torn apart by the furious ambitions and social aspirations of its paterfamilias.
5. The Nest Is One of the Best Films of the Year | Vanity Fair
17 sep 2020 · The Nest is a complex movie, despite its economical size. At initial glance, it is mostly just the story of a family moving, sort of for Dad's job, and not ...
Sean Durkin's drama is an acting showcase, and a sneakily profound musing on family.
6. The Nest review: Jude Law and Carrie Coon in a taut thriller | Vox
17 nov 2020 · The Nest is a taut thriller about the perils of envy. Jude Law and Carrie Coon star in the suspenseful, sumptuous family drama.
Jude Law and Carrie Coon star in the suspenseful, sumptuous family drama.
7. Parent reviews for The Nest | Common Sense Media
Cinematography is pleasing in its own drab way and it has a pensive music score that props up its drama quite well. Perhaps if given a more even-handed approach ...
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8. Sean Durkin on The Nest, the Art of Directing Great Performances, and ...
20 nov 2020 · It's a compliment given to certain directors whose movies garner Best Actor and Best Actress nominations, but what does that look like in action ...
See AlsoAlek Gruz Bad ActingNine years after the release of his first feature Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin returns with the familial drama The Nest, starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon as dueling partners attempting to salvage a complicated marriage. Both recently receiving Gotham Award nominations, the two actors trade off stealing scenes, taking control of Durkin’s film
9. In-House Reviews: The Nest, Secrets We Keep, Residue, TIFF & More!
17 sep 2020 · He wears this look well, even when he's on the antagonistic side of things. That's fortunate, as The Nest proves to be fertile ground for him ...
Aaron Neuwirth has reviews for The Nest, The Secrets We Keep, Residue, Teenage Badass, The Devil All The Time, and a roundup of mini-reviews from 2020's Toronto International Film Festival.
10. The Nest review – Jude Law excels in thriller of 1980s excess
29 aug 2021 · The performances have a complex angularity throughout, but Law in particular is terrific in this slippery role. A scene in which he visits his ...
Jude Law is terrific as a devious City trader who moves his family from New York to a spooky Surrey mansion in this richly atmospheric drama
11. 'The Nest' Review: New Home, Old Wounds
17 sep 2020 · In contrast to the dreamlike subjectivity of “Martha Marcy,” “The Nest” is a coldly observational study of a Reagan-Thatcher-era family divided ...
In Sean Durkin’s film, a move to Britain widens a family’s rifts.
12. Movie Review – The Nest - PopCult Reviews
21 nov 2020 · Durkin imbues the picture with a sense of something supernatural and sinister always on the fringes. The Nest never entirely goes over that ...
The Nest (2020)Written & Directed by Sean Durkin It’s been a full decade since Sean Durkin’s last film, Martha Marcy May Marlene. That movie was the subject of my first and so far only Cinemati…
13. [REVIEW] 'The Nest': A Dysfunctional Family But For What?
21 sep 2020 · The Nest tells the story of a dysfunctional family in the 80s that moves to London so the husband (Jude Law) can make it in financing like he has been unable ...
Slice of life movies are always a tricky venture. By their very description they are low on plot,high on characters. The idea is we as viewers relate to the day-to-day goings on of our characters a…
14. The Nest review: a mansion built on lies | Sight and Sound - BFI
27 aug 2021 · ... makes Rory as much pitiable as despicable. But it's Coon (best known for Gone Girl, 2014, the HBO dystopian series The Leftovers, 2014-17 ...
Sean Durkin’s long-awaited second feature travels across the pond to a Surrey estate, where Jude Law’s ambitious, arrogant patriarch dooms his family to misery.
15. 'The Nest' review: Jude Law and Carrie Coon come undone
17 sep 2020 · It's the dawn of a new morning for Rory O'Hara (Jude Law), who peers distractedly out the window as he makes a phone call, one that will upend ...
Sean Durkin's long-overdue feature follow-up to "Martha Marcy May Marlene" is a subtle, shattering portrait of a family's decline.
