Nyad
Official release poster
Directed by
Screenplay byJulia Cox
Based onFind a Way
by Diana Nyad
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Edited byChristopher Tellefsen
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • September 1, 2023 (2023-09-01) (Telluride)
  • October 20, 2023 (2023-10-20) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their fiction feature film directorial debut) and written by Julia Cox, based on Nyad's autobiography Find a Way. It stars Annette Bening as Nyad,[2] with Jodie Foster and Rhys Ifans in supporting roles.[3]

Nyad had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023. It was released in select theaters on October 20, 2023, then streamed on Netflix on November 3. The film received positive reviews from critics. At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, Bening and Foster received nominations for Best Actress – Drama and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, and at the 29th Critics' Choice Awards, Foster received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. At the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Bening and Foster received nominations for Outstanding Leading Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actress, respectively.

Plot

Nyad is a biography of Diana Nyad, played by Annette Bening. The film describes her efforts to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.[4]

Cast

Production

Development

In January 2022, it was announced that Netflix will distribute the film.[8] In March 2022, it was announced that production was underway.[7]

Music

Release

Nyad its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023.[9][10] It had its international premiere on September 12, at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival.[11][12] It was released in select theaters on October 20, 2023, then streamed on Netflix on November 3.[13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 151 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10. The website's consensus reads: "Nyad is an uplifting sports biopic strictly on the merits of its story, but it's the outstanding performances from Annette Bening and Jodie Foster that really keep this picture afloat."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[15]

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."[16] Rex Reed called it "a movie of uncommon exhilaration" that "resonates long after the final frame," and highly praised the performances of Bening and Foster.[17] Peter Travers said Bening's performance is "body-and-soul acting at its peak", and referred to Foster as "an exuberant blast", continuing: "Their teamwork is a thing of beauty."[18]

Leonard Maltin named Nyad as one of his favorite films of 2023: "Nyad is a compelling biopic that could have been bland, or didactic, or dull. Instead, in the hands of documentary filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, with a smart script by Julia Cox, it soars. One of this year’s great pleasures was watching Annette Bening and Jodie Foster together, inhabiting their characters so completely that it didn’t seem like acting at all. I would also nominate Rhys Ifans for Best Supporting Actor."[19]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
The Queerties February 28, 2023 Next Big Thing NYAD Nominated [20]
Mill Valley Film Festival October 16, 2023 Variety Screenwriters to Watch Julia Cox Won [21]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 15, 2023 Original Score — Feature Film Alexandre Desplat Nominated [22]
[23]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 10, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster Nominated [24]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 12, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [25]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 12, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Runner-up [26]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 19, 2023 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [27]
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards December 19, 2023 Best Actress Annette Bening 8th place [28]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 3, 2024 Grand Dame for Defying Ageism Jodie Foster Nominated [29]
Annette Bening Won
Most Daring Performance Nominated
Golden Globe Awards January 7, 2024 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Nominated [30]
Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster Nominated
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2024 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [31]
Columbus Film Critics Association January 9, 2024 Best Supporting Performance Won [32]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2024 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [33]
Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2024 Best Supporting Actress Nominated [34]
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 17, 2024 Best Supporting Actress Won [35]
Best Actress Annette Bening Won
Women Film Critics Circle December 18, 2023 Best Actress Runner-up [36]
Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster Nominated
Best Equality of the Sexes NYAD Nominated
Best Screen Couple Annette Bening & Jodie Foster Won
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild February 18, 2024 Best Contemporary Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Felicity Bowring, Ann Maree Hurley, Julie Hewett, Mahar Lessner Pending [37]
Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture Daniel Curet, Vanessa Columbo, Enzo Angileri, Darlene Brumfeld Pending
Costume Designers Guild Awards February 21, 2024 Excellence in Contemporary Film Kelli Jones Pending [38]
Visual Effects Society Awards February 21, 2024 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Jake Braver, Fiona Campbell, Westgate R., Christopher White, Mohsen Mousa Pending [39]
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature Korbinian Meier, Sindy Saalfeld, David Michielsen, Andreas Vrhovsek
(for stormy waters)		 Pending
Screen Actors Guild Awards February 24, 2024 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Annette Bening Pending [40]
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Jodie Foster Pending

Historical accuracy

Ratification and record controversies

Her crossing from Cuba to Florida has never been formally ratified due to the lack of independent observers and incomplete records. The Guinness Book of World Records revoked Nyad's achievement.[41] Nyad responded by saying "Maybe I had too much hubris, like, ‘I don’t need to prove this to anybody.’ That's my bad".[42]

In September 2023, the World Open Water Swimming Association renewed an investigation into her 2013 swim and again declined to certify the swim. The swim was reported to have been completed in accordance with the rules and procedures set forth by the Florida Straits Open Water Swimming Association that did not exist at the time of the swim. Additionally, the observer logs for the swim were incomplete, with over nine hours of the critical overnight period undocumented, and there were conflicting accounts from crew members regarding events that transpired during these hours.[43]

Discrepancies in film portrayal

The film simplifies Diana Nyad's Cuba to Florida swim, showing her with only one vessel and aiming for an "unassisted" swim, which misrepresents the actual event involving multiple vessels, a comprehensive crew, and the use of various equipment that contradicts the unassisted claim. The film dramatizes events that did not occur, such as a shark encounter, which never happened during the 2013 attempt and inaccurately portrays her ability to swim the English Channel in 7+1⁄2 hours, overlooking her multiple failed attempts and the rarity of such a feat.[44]

References

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  2. ↑ Welk, Brian (March 4, 2021). "Annette Bening to Star as Cuba-to-Florida Swimmer Diana Nyad in Biopic From 'Free Solo' Directors". TheWrap. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (March 4, 2021). "Annette Bening to Star in Swimmer Biopic 'Nyad' from 'Free Solo' Directors & 'American Sniper' & 'The Imitation Game' Producers; CAA & STX Launch Sales — EFM Hot Package". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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  7. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (March 16, 2022). "'Nyad': Rhys Ifans Joins Annette Bening & Jodie Foster In Netflix Biopic From Oscar Winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi And Jimmy Chin". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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