
NYAD
Synopsis
The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for NYAD (2023) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero, Luke Cosgrove, Jeena Yi DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin CINEMATOGRAPHY: Claudio Miranda MUSIC: Alexandre Desplat PRODUCTION: Black Bear Pictures, Mad Chance, SPG3 Entertainment, Zurich Avenue
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for NYAD (2023). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
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INDUSTRY IMPACT
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 9 wins & 37 nominations total
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! scope="row"| The Queerties
! scope="row"| Mill Valley Film Festival
! scope="row"| Hollywood Music in Media Awards
! scope="row"| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
! scope="row"| Chicago Film Critics Association
! scope="row"| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
! scope="row"| San Diego Film Critics Society
! scope="row"| Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
! rowspan="3" scope="row"| Alliance of Women Film Journalists
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Golden Globe Awards
! scope="row"| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
! scope="row"| Columbus Film Critics Association
! scope="row"| Critics' Choice Awards
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
! scope="row"| Costume Designers Guild Awards
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Visual Effects Society Awards
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Screen Actors Guild Awards
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Academy Awards
! scope="row"| Writers Guild of America Awards
! scope="row"| GLAAD Media Awards
! scope="row"| Cinema for Peace awards
CRITICAL RECEPTION
Richard Roeper called the film a "rousing biopic" and stated: "When Bening and Foster are onscreen together, it’s movie magic. They don’t just have chemistry; they’re chemistry professors." Siddhant Adlakha of Mashable wrote, "It's a movie in which age is both obstacle and strength, and it allows Bening and Foster to play their ages gracefully, as actresses in their sixties. Whatever it struggles to say about bravery in the face of wounds from decades past, it manages to say tenfold about the way its characters choose to live now. Nyad builds to exuberant emotional crescendos that feel straight out of the schmaltzy Hollywood biopic playbook, but these scenes transcend cliché thanks to the emotionally resonant performances at their core." Writing for The New York Times, Amy Nicholson said Bening and Foster's scenes together "capture decades of camaraderie in effortless shorthand".
Writing for Vulture, Alison Willmore praised how the film eschews biopic conventions of making the protagonist likable, as well as Bening's commitment to the role and physical transformation. She said, "Despite that dedication, there’s a hollowness to the way the film characterizes its protagonist, which means Bening’s performance never fully resonates", adding "we never see any of that or much of what [Diana's] life is like outside of training at all". She noted how the film curiously skips over Nyad's history of embellishment, but praised the acting in particular, saying "it’s a joy to watch Foster dig into this kind of amusing and meaty role once more.









































































































































































































































































































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