Nanny (film)

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Nanny
File:Nanny 2022 film poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed by Nikyatu Jusu
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  • Nikkia Moulterie
  • Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Written by Nikyatu Jusu
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  • Tanerélle
  • Bartek Gliniak
Cinematography Rina Yang[1]
Edited by Robert Mead
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release dates
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  • January 22, 2022 (2022-01-22) (Sundance)
  • November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23) (United States)
Running time
 98 minutes[2]
Country United States
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Nanny is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu, in her feature directorial debut.[3] It stars Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, and Leslie Uggams. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Television banner.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, making it the first horror film to ever win this award at Sundance. The film was given a limited theatrical release on November 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video on December 16, 2022.

Synopsis

Aisha, an undocumented Senegalese immigrant living in New York City, is hired as a nanny to care for the daughter of a wealthy Upper East Side couple. Aisha is chasing the American Dream, and she is hoping to bring her son that she left behind in Senegal to live with her in the United States. As the story moves forward, she is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.[4]

Cast

Production

On April 13, 2021, it was announced that Nikyatu Jusu would make her directorial debut with Nanny, a film that she wrote and is part of the 2020 The Black List of screenplays that would not be released in theaters during that calendar year.[5][6] In June 2021, Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Zephani Idoko and Phylicia Rashad joined the cast of the film.[7][8][9][10] Phylicia Rashad was replaced by Leslie Uggams before production began.[11]

Principal photography began in June 2021 in New York City.[5][12]

Release

Nanny had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022.[13] In March 2022, Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions acquired distribution rights to the film in a deal around $7 million, winning them in a competitive situation that also included Sony Pictures Classics and Neon. Jason Blum, who joined the film as an executive producer post-acquisition, remarked: "We're proud to have writer/director Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny as part of our slate for Amazon. It's a gem of a horror film that combines impressive filmmaking and powerful storytelling, and is worthy of the Grand Jury Prize it was awarded at Sundance." The studios plan to release the film both theatrically and on Prime Video.[14] A special presentation of the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022, followed by one at the 2022 AFI Fest on November 3, 2022.[15] Nanny was given a limited theatrical release on November 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video starting December 16, 2022.[16][17]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 134 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu."[18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[19][20]

Accolades

At the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Nanny won the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition, which made the film the first horror film, and Jusu the second Black female filmmaker, to ever win the top prize.[21][22][23]

References

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