The loftier and more dangerous the goal, the finer the line that separates the Guinness Book of World Records from the Darwin Awards. At a certain point, surviving is the only real difference. Do-o…
, making the leap from documentaries to fiction with a fact-based narrative that feels perfectly suited to their skill set, the Netflix movie “Nyad” is a portrait of obsession. It’s an almost single-minded account of Diana’s multiple attempts to swim that stretch.plays a woman who braved storms, being stung by box jellyfish and even a shark attack to reach her goal. Those factors represent the obstacles in her path, but the movie hardly has room for subplots.
“Nyad” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, where plenty of audiences found it inspiring, and yet, the thing on practically everyone’s lips was how unlikable they found Bening’s character. The strange thing about that charge is how her take on Diana Nyad seems no different from a hundred male heroes that audiences have adored over the years.
Where Diana’s arrogance can be a lot to take at times, as her best friend Bonnie, Foster proves a buoyant presence — like the human equivalent of those adorable pink floaties kids wear in the pool. The movie would sink without her. And so would Diana Nyad. She wouldn’t dream of doing the Cuba-to-Florida swim without Bonnie, and so, she uses her sneaky psychology to talk her pal into serving as coach.
This matters because Bening spends much of her time in the water, wearing a special mask to deflect jellyfish. After tens of hours in the ocean, her face swells up to monstrous proportions . Better to focus on what’s going on aboard the boat that trails her, which puts the weight on Foster and Ifans . When a shark attacks, it’s the crew who sees it coming and must jump in to protect her.
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