Nancy, Please Explained

Director:Andrew Semans
Producer:
  • Dave Saltzman
  • Vinay Singh
Starring:
Music:Christopher White
Cinematography:Eric Lin
Editing:Ron Dulin
Studio:Small Coup Films
Distributor:Factory 25
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Nancy, Please is a 2012 American drama film directed by Andrew Semans. It stars Will Rogers as Paul, a PhD candidate struggling to complete his thesis who gets into a seemingly insignificant conflict with his former roommate, Nancy (Eléonore Hendricks), over a missing book. Paul's partner, Jen (Rebecca Lawrence Levy), and his friend, Charlie (Santino Fontana), unsuccessfully try to help resolve the conflict.

Critical response

Nancy, Please has received favorable reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports 100% positive reviews and an average rating of 7.8/10 from 8 critics,[1] while Metacritic reports an average score of 76/100 from 5 critics.[2] Jeannette Catsoulis in The New York Times appreciates the "tone that’s precisely balanced between terror and farce".[3] In The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck writes that "Andrew Semans presents an engrossing psychological thriller for his feature debut."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nancy, Please . 2014-08-06 . Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. Web site: Nancy, Please Reviews. 2014-08-06 . Metacritic.
  3. News: Jeannette Catsoulis . Dissertation Tests a Grad Student's Sanity . The New York Times . 2013-05-23 . 2014-08-06.
  4. News: Frank Scheck. Frank Scheck. Nancy, Please: Tribeca Review . The Hollywood Reporter . 2012-04-24 . 2014-08-06.