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IMDb rating 6.3
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Critic rating 7.8

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Critic Richard Whittaker
rated 7

This feels like the role that Jude Law was always meant to play.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle
Critic Matt Zoller Seitz
rated 10

Durkin's script and direction are as economical and exact as they are compassionate and merciless...

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Ian Freer
rated 8

...a piercing portrait of the breakdown of a relationship within the rooms and corridors of a huge manor house.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Roger Moore
rated 8

...a chilly domestic melodrama bathed in the tones of horror, a tale of greed, ambition, deceit and disappointment.

Read full review at Movie Nation
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

This is a film that swerves away from categorisation.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Benjamin Lee
rated 8

It’s elegantly constructed and precisely composed...

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Critic Jeffrey M. Anderson
rated 6

...gets fairly gripping thanks to its director's immense skill for composition and performance...

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Cast & Crew

Sean Durkin
Director
Sean Durkin
Writer
Wendy Crewson
As Allison's Mum
Jude Law
As Rory O'Hara
Michael Culkin
As Arthur Davis
Anne Reid
As Rory's Mum
Adeel Akhtar
As Steve

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The Nest is a drama movie that tells the story of a family who moves from a comfortable life in New York City to a mansion in the English countryside in the late 1980s. Rory O'Hara, the ambitious husband and father, persuades his wife Allison to make the move, promising her a prosperous future and convincing her to start her own horse farm on their new property. However, things take a turn for the worse when construction on their stable stops and Allison discovers that Rory's bank account is nearly empty. As tensions rise and money becomes scarce, cracks begin to appear in their marriage and family relationships. The film explores themes of ambition, class struggle, isolation, and self-destruction as Rory's desperate attempts to maintain their affluent lifestyle lead them down a dangerous path.

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