PREVIEW: The Nest (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jude Law (Cold Mountain), Carrie Coon (Gone Girl), Charlie Shotwell (Troop Zero), Oona Roche (Hot Air), Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick), Anne Reid (The Mother), Michael Culkin (Immortal Beloved), Wendy Crewson (The Good Son), Tattiawna Jones (Dragged Across Concrete), James Nelson-Joyce (The Sound of Philadelphia)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), director, writer, producer; Rose Garnett (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Ed Guiney (The Favourite), Amy Jackson (The Day Shall Come), Christina Piovesan (The Whistleblower) and Derrin Schlesinger (American Animals), producers; Richard Reed Parry (film debut), composer; Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul), cinematographer; Matthew Hannam (Possessor), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1980s, ambitious entrepreneur Rory (Law) persuades his American wife Allison (Coon) and their children Sam (Roche) and Ben (Shotwell) to relocate from suburban America to a centuries-old county manor in the English countryside. However, Rory’s bright promises of a fresh and prosperous new start begin to crack as certain opportunities start to unravel, and his marriage and family are brought closer to the edge…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Sean Durkin returns with his first feature in ten years, following his 2011 breakout Martha Marcy May Marlene, and manages to mine some incredible performances from Jude Law and Carrie Coon as a married couple flirting with disaster.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Fall Guy (2024, dir. David Leitch)

A Hollywood stuntman winds up on an epic misadventure during his latest gig…

Tarot (2024, dirs. Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg)

A group of teenagers find themselves haunted after messing with spiritual tarot cards…

The Idea of You (2024, dir. Michael Showalter)

A 40-year-old single mother begins a relationship with a much younger pop star…

Love Lies Bleeding (2024, dir. Rose Glass)

A gym manager falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder…

Jericho Ridge (2023, dir. Will Gilbey)

A group of murderous criminals target a remote Sherriff’s Office…

I.S.S. (2024, dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite)

A group of American and Russian astronauts find themselves up against one another…

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023, dir. Robert Lorenz)

In 70s Ireland, a contract killer goes up against a group of IRA terrorists…

There’s Still Tomorrow (2024, dir. Paola Cortellesi)

In post-war Rome, an abused housewife seeks personal liberation…

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024, dir. Kobi Libii)

A young Black man is recruited into a secretive organisation that betters the lives of White people…

Boy Kills World (2024, dir. Moritz Mohr)

A young deaf-mute man takes revenge against the regime that killed his family…