The Nest

critic Reviews

, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • An effective pairing of period setting and timeless themes, The Nest wrings additional tension out of its unsettling story with an outstanding pair of lead performances.
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    Guy LodgeFilm of the Week
    I watched The Nest in a fixed state of unease, shoulders tense and set forward even in a plush cinema seat, my mouth immediately drying out after each sip of my drink.
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    Linda MarricThe Jewish Chronicle
    There's something commendably old fashioned and decidedly unassuming about The Nest. Durkin's direction is both precise and admirably restrained in its depiction of an era famed for its excesses.
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    Wendy IdeObserver (UK)
    The Nest is a belated cautionary tale - this tainted family is a skeleton in the closet of our current socioeconomic climate.
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    Peter BradshawGuardian
    This is a film that swerves away from categorisation.
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    Kevin MaherTimes (UK)
    The movie ploughs ahead through three acts of delicious torture.
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    Clarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
    The Nest does, at least, give Law and Coon free rein to tear into their roles like lions into a fresh kill.
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    M.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
    The Nest is perhaps the first COVID-19/quarantine film without meaning to be. Its levels of isolation are deeply felt and highlighted by the lies we tell ourselves or the ones whom we hold most dear.
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    Keith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
    Its thrills are muted and the horror is of a deeply human nature.
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    Prahlad SrihariFirstpost
    It’s not ghosts that haunt the O’Haras though. It’s lies and deception. Things unravel, not with any dramatic acceleration, but with a lingering inevitability.
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    Javier OcañaEl Pais (Spain)
    ... A mature and complex reflection on the culture of appearances, and the hoax behind a supposedly perfect and successful family, so seemingly happy they make you want to puke. [Full review in Spanish]
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